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Japanese
Etymology
Calque from Literary Chinese 一言既出，駟馬難追／一言既出，驷马难追.
Proverb
一言既に出ずれば駟馬も追い難し • (ichigon sude ni izureba shiba mo oi gatashi)
- a word once spoken is hard to catch even with a four-horse carriage; a word once spoken cannot be undone