one-way street

English

one-way street (plural one-way streets)

A road in which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction.
(figuratively) A course of action that cannot be undone or does not lead to reciprocation.
- 2009, Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Handbook of Managerial Behavior and Occupational Health (page 186)
  Romantic love is not selfless but selfish. Although real love is not altruistic, nor is it narcissistic – a 'me-only', one-way street relationship.

road in which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單向街, 单向街 (dānxiàngjiē), 單向道, 单向道 (dānxiàngdào), 單行道 (zh), 单行道 (zh) (dānxíngdào), 單行街, 单行街 (dānxíngjiē)
Czech: jednosměrka
Danish: ensrettet vej c, ensrettet gade c (in a town)
Finnish: yksisuuntainen katu
French: rue à sens unique f
German: Einbahnstraße (de) f
Greek: μονόδρομος (el) m (monódromos)
Hausa: wanwê f
Hungarian: egyirányú utca (hu)

Icelandic: einstefnugata (is) f
Irish: sráid aontreo f
Japanese: 一方通行 (いっぽうつうこう, ippōtsūkō)
Korean: 일방통행로 (ilbangtonghaengno)
Macedonian: еднонасочна улица f (ednonásoĉna úlica)
Malay: jalan sehala
Portuguese: rua de mão única f
Russian: у́лица с односторо́нним движе́нием f (úlica s odnostorónnim dvižénijem)
Spanish: calle de un solo sentido f, calle de mano única f (Argentina), flecha f (Venezuela, colloquial)
Swedish: enkelriktad gata c, enkelriktad väg c

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