一言既出,駟馬難追
“Once a word leaves the mouth, even a team of four horses cannot chase it back.”
A spoken promise cannot be taken back, so words must be chosen carefully.
— Traditional Macau Wisdom, Macau
Source: Traditional Cantonese-Chinese proverb, shared regional heritage of Macau's Cantonese-speaking community, public-domain oral tradition
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