生米煮成熟饭 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

生米已经煮成了熟饭

2

生米都煮成熟饭了

3

已经生米煮成熟饭了

4

将生米煮成熟饭

5

把生米煮成熟饭

Definition

生米煮成熟饭

Literally means:

the 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

Duìyú

对于

wéifǎ

违法

de

的

shìqing

事情

yīnggāi

应该

jíshí

及时

fāxiàn

发现

hé

和

jíshí

及时

zhìzhǐ

制止

,

bù

不

néng

能

děng

等

shēngmǐzhǔchéngshúfàn

生米煮成熟饭

le

了

cái

才

xiàqù

下去

jiūzhèng

纠正

。

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

2

Wèishénme

为什么

bù

不

zǎo

早

hé

和

wǒ

我

shuō

说

zhè

这

jiàn

件

shìqing

事情

ā

啊

?

Dōu

都

yǐjīng

已经

shēngmǐzhǔchéngshúfàn

生米煮成熟饭

le

了

,

fǎnzhèng

反正

wǒ

我

xiànzài

现在

shì

是

wúnéngwéilì

无能为力

le

了

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

这

shì

事

nǐ

你

dōu

都

bǎ

把

shēngmǐ

生米

zhǔ

煮

chéng

成

le

了

shú

熟

fàn

饭

le

了

,

jiào

叫

wǒ

我

zěnme

怎么

bàn

办

?

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