亡羊补牢
Details
- Definition: lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom), fig. to act belatedly, better late than never, to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- HSK Level: 7
- Frequency Rank: 32906
- Alternate Forms: 亡羊补牢, 亡羊補牢
- Notes: POS: v
Variants
亡羊補牢
- Pinyin: wáng yáng bǔ láo
- English Definitions: lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom), fig. to act belatedly, better late than never, to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
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Other transcriptions: numeric: wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2, wadegiles: wang² yang² pu³ lao², bopomofo: ㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄌㄠˊ, romatzyh: wang yang buu lau