once it gets started there's no stopping it
trad. 一發不可收拾
Also written 一發不可收拾【yī fā bù kě shōu shi】
Characters in this word
6一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
发
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to send out, to show (one's feeling), to issue, to develop, to make a bundle of money, classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- Pinyin
- fā
- Traditional
- 發
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2017 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
可
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(prefix) can; may; able to; -able, to approve; to permit, to suit, (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very, but; however
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 179 of 2500
收
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to receive, to accept, to collect, to put away, to restrain, to stop, in care of (used on address line after name)
- Pinyin
- shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2048 of 2500
拾
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to ascend in light steps
- Pinyin
- shè
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 29864 of 2500