一言既出,驷马难追

yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī

lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

一

yī

one

言

yán

words

既

jì

already

出

chū

variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)

,

,

驷

sì

team of 4 horses

马

mǎ

abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

难

nán

difficult (to...)

追

zhuī

to chase