相见恨晚 — Chinese idiom
相见恨晚
xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
Traditional: 相見恨晚
Meaning
- to regret not having met earlier ; It is nice to meet you finally.
- It feels like we have known each other all along.
Character by character
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 恨hènto dislike, to hate, to resent
- 晚wǎnnight, evening; late
Idioms sharing a character
- 一脉相承 yī mài xiāng chéng
- 世代相传 shì dài xiāng chuán
- 互相推诿 hù xiāng tuī wěi
- 代代相传 dài dài xiāng chuán
- 以礼相待 yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
- 休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān
- 倾囊相授 qīng náng xiāng shòu
- 凶相毕露 xiōng xiàng bì lù
- 两虎相争 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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