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生米煮成熟饭

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生米已经煮成了熟饭
2
生米都煮成熟饭了
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已经生米煮成熟饭了
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将生米煮成熟饭
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把生米煮成熟饭

Definition

生米煮成熟饭

Literally means:

the rice has been cooked

Actually means:

what's done can't be undone

This phrase metaphori cally means that what is done cannot be undone. It connotes that something is beyond remedy.

生米煮成熟饭,比喻做的事情已经成为事实,没有办法再改变了。含有没有办法补救的意味。

Example

Used as predicate, or as a minor sentence. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、小句,中间可插入别的词语)
1
Duì
对于
wéi
违法
de
shìqing
事情
yīnggāi
应该
shí
及时
xiàn
发现
shí
及时
zhìzhǐ
制止
  
,
néng
děng
shēngzhǔchéngshúfàn
生米煮成熟饭
le
cái
xià
下去
jiūzhèng
纠正
  

For illegal things should be found and stopped in time, can not wait for raw rice cooked mature rice before going down to correct.

2
Wèishénme
为什么
zǎo
shuō
zhè
jiàn
shìqing
事情
ā
  
?
Dōu
jīng
已经
shēngzhǔchéngshúfàn
生米煮成熟饭
le
  
,
fǎnzhèng
反正
xiànzài
现在
shì
néngwéi
无能为力
le

Why didn't you tell me about it earlier? It's all raw rice and cooked mature rice, there's nothing I can do right now

3
Zhè
shì
dōu
shēng
生米
zhǔ
chéng
le
shú
fàn
le
  
,
jiào
zěnme
怎么
bàn
  
?

You've cooked raw rice into cooked rice, what do you tell me to do?