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一发不可收拾

yī fā bù kě shōu shi

6-character word Traditional 一發不可收拾

What 一发不可收拾 means

1. once it gets started there's no stopping it

The characters in 一发不可收拾

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps