噬脐莫及 — Chinese idiom
噬脐莫及
shì qí mò jí
Traditional: 噬臍莫及
Meaning
- (lit.) one cannot bite one's own navel
- (fig.) too late for regrets
Character by character
- 噬shìto bite, to gnaw; to snap at
- 脐qínavel; belly, underside
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 及jíto extend; to reach; and; in time
Idioms sharing a character
- 功莫大焉 gōng mò dà yān
- 后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí
- 爱莫能助 ài mò néng zhù
- 是非莫辨 shì fēi mò biàn
- 望尘莫及 wàng chén mò jí
- 百口莫辩 bǎi kǒu mò biàn
- 真伪莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn
- 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào
- 莫衷一是 mò zhōng yī shì
- 讳莫如深 huì mò rú shēn
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