难以挽回

難以挽回

nányǐwǎnhuí

phrase

Meanings

1 hard to reverse
2 irretrievable
3 difficult to undo

Characters

back, to return

Examples

HSK 7-9

事情已经发展到难以挽回的地步。

Shìqing yǐjīng fāzhǎn dào nányǐ wǎnhuí de dìbù.

Things have reached a point that's hard to reverse.

HSK 7-9

他们的婚姻出现了难以挽回的裂痕。

Tāmen de hūnyīn chūxiàn le nányǐ wǎnhuí de lièhén.

Their marriage has developed cracks that can't easily be mended.

Tips

usage

Common collocations: 难以挽回的局面 / 损失 / 错误 / 后果. 挽回 means 'to pull back, recover,' so 难以挽回 frames a situation as a runaway train.

Stroke Order

难 nán

以 yǐ

挽 wǎn

回 huí