生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. the rice is cooked
  2. what's done is done
  3. it's too late to change anything now (idiom)

CHARACTERS

生 shēng
HSK 1
life, living, lifetime; birth
米 mǐ
HSK 1
hulled or husked uncooked rice
煮 zhǔ
HSK 5
cook
成 chéng
HSK 3
completed, finished, fixed
熟 shú
HSK 4
well-cooked; ripe; familiar with
飯 fàn cooked rice; food; meal