悔之无及 — Chinese idiom
悔之无及
huǐ zhī wú jí
Traditional: 悔之無及
Meaning
- too late for regrets ; It is useless to repent after the event.
Character by character
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 及jíto extend; to reach; and; in time
Idioms sharing a character
- 后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí
- 悔不当初 huǐ bù dāng chū
- 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
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
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