綸りん言げん汗あせの如ごとし

expression

the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid

Proverb meaning that once an emperor speaks, it cannot be taken back, just as sweat cannot return into the body. Used to emphasize the irrevocability of a ruler's words.

• 「綸りん言げん汗あせの如ごとし」という言こと葉ばは、君くん主しゅの一ひと言ことの重おもみを表あらわしている。

  The phrase 'the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid' expresses the weight of a monarch's single utterance.