生米熟饭

Traditional form:

生米熟飯

Pinyin (reading):

shēngmǐshúfàn

Definitions:

• abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯／生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
• It's too late to change anything now.

Characters:

• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 米 - rice, millet, grain
• 熟 - well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
• 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice

Traditional characters:

• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 米 - rice, millet, grain
• 熟 - well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
• 飯 - meal, food; cooked rice