Definition
后悔药 literally means 'regret medicine'. It is a figurative noun used in the negative construction 没有后悔药 to express that there is no way to reverse a past action or decision — much like the English saying 'there is no turning back' or 'you can't unring a bell'. The term is always used metaphorically and never refers to an actual medicine.
n.
regret medicine (figurative: no way to undo a regretted action, often in 没有后悔药)
Examples
- 后悔药。Shìjièshang méi yǒu hòu huǐ yào.There is no regret medicine in the world.
- ，后悔药。Nǐ yào xiǎng qīngchu, yīnwèi zhè jiàn shì méi yǒu hòu huǐ yào.You need to think it over, because there's no turning back on this.
- ，后悔药。Tā hòuhuǐ le, dàn kěxī méi yǒu hòu huǐ yào kěyǐ chī.He regretted it, but unfortunately there's no regret medicine to take.
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