不可挽回

bùkěwǎnhuí
phrase

Meanings

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

Examples

Shìqíng yǐjīng zàochéng le bùkě wǎnhuí de sǔnshī.
The matter has already caused irreversible losses.
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 (méijiù le, 'no saving it'). Standard in news, legal language, and serious personal contexts.

Stroke Order

wǎn
huí