覆水难收

fù shuǐ nán shōu

spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)

it's no use crying over spilt milk; what's done is done and can't be reversed; the damage is done; once divorced, there's no reuniting

覆

fù

to cover

水

shuǐ

water

难

nán

difficult (to...)

收

shōu

to receive