驷马难追 (駟馬難追) sì mǎ nán zhuī

sì mǎ nán zhuī set phrase [a spoken word is] hard to catch even with a team of four horses
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (Guoyu '駟馬難追')

Contained in

• 君子一言，驷马难追(君子一言，駟馬難追) a nobleman's word is his bond
• 一言既出，驷马难追(一言既出，駟馬難追) once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it; a promise must be kept

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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• 第八十三回 Chapter 83 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第四十八回 Chapter 48 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 卷八十六 晉書12: 后妃列傳一 Volume 86 Book of Later Jin 12: Biographies 1 - Empresses and Consorts Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1
• 卷十七 晉家人傳第五: Volume 17: The Later Jin Imperial Family New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 1