追悔莫及 — Chinese idiom
追悔莫及
zhuī huǐ mò jí
Meaning
- too late for regrets ; It is useless to repent after the event.
Character by character
- 追zhuīto pursue, to chase after; to expel
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 及jíto extend; to reach; and; in time
Idioms sharing a character
- 买笑追欢 mǎi xiào zhuī huān
- 追名逐利 zhuī míng zhú lì
- 追根问底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ
- 后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí
- 悔不当初 huǐ bù dāng chū
- 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
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