无可挽回

無可挽回

wúkě wǎnhuí

phrase #27,766

Meanings

1 irrevocable
2 irreversible
3 beyond remedy

Characters

without; not; none

can; able to; may

to pull back; to save; to retrieve

to return; to turn back

Examples

这个错误已经造成了无可挽回的损失。

Zhège cuòwù yǐjīng zàochéng le wúkě wǎnhuí de sǔnshī.

This mistake has caused irreversible losses.

事情已经无可挽回，只能向前看。

Shìqing yǐjīng wúkě wǎnhuí, zhǐnéng xiàngqián kàn.

What's done is done and cannot be reversed; we can only look forward.

Tips

memory

无 (not) + 可 (can/able to) + 挽回 (to retrieve/save) = 'cannot be retrieved' → irrevocable.

Stroke Order

无 wú

可 kě

挽 wǎn

回 huí