不可挽回

bùkě wǎnhuí
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 irreversible
  2. 2 impossible to undo
  3. 3 beyond rescue

Examples

HSK 7-9
Shìqing yǐjīng zàochéng le bùkě wǎnhuí de sǔnshī.
The matter has already caused irreversible losses.
HSK 7-9
Tāmen de hūnyīn zǒu dào le bùkě wǎnhuí de dìbù.
Their marriage has reached an irreversible stage.

Tips

grammar
Common 不可+V pattern meaning 'cannot be V-ed.' 挽回 ('to pull back / save') normally takes a thing being rescued (situation, loss, relationship); 不可挽回 negates that possibility.
register
More formal than the colloquial 没救了 ('no saving it'). Standard in news, legal language, and serious personal contexts.

Stroke Order

wǎn
huí