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

HSK 5

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.

HSK 5

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', so irrevocable.

Stroke Order

无 wú

可 kě

挽 wǎn

回 huí