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一去不复返

yī qù bù fù fǎn

5-character word Traditional 一去不復返

What 一去不复返 means

1. gone forever

The characters in 一去不复返

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume
• 返fǎnto return (to)

Example sentences

• 一去不复返。
  Once gone, you will never get it back.

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