破鏡再び照らさず（はきょうふたたびてらさず）
Japanese vocabulary
Meaning: a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; a broken mirror will never shine again
Idioms & proverbs containing “破鏡再び照らさず”
- 落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず (らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず) — fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk