悔不当初 — Chinese idiom
悔不当初
huǐ bù dāng chū
Traditional: 悔不當初
Meaning
- to regret one's past deeds
Character by character
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 当dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound o
- 初chūbeginning, initial, primary
Idioms sharing a character
- 后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí
- 悔之无及 huǐ zhī wú jí
- 悔恨交加 huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
- 悔过自新 huǐ guò zì xīn
- 愧悔无地 kuì huǐ wú dì
- 死不改悔 sǐ bù gǎi huǐ
- 追悔莫及 zhuī huǐ mò jí
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
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