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亡羊补牢

wángyáng-bǔláo
HSK 7-9

Meaning

  • lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
  • fig. to act belatedly
  • better late than never
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  • to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

Example

亡羊补牢。

Better late than never.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

wángHSK 63 strokesto dieyángHSK 36 strokessheep; goatbǔHSK 37 strokesto repairláoHSK 67 strokesprison; jail

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