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亡羊补牢【wáng yáng bǔ láo】

HSK 7-9

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

汉语词典Chinese definitions

亡羊补牢【wáng yáng bǔ láo】

chéng yǔ成语

fàn cuò犯错Hòu后jí shí及时gēng zhèng更正，Shàng尚Néng能bǔ jiù补救

chéng惩gēng羹chuī吹jī齑kǎi岂qí其Fēi非，wáng亡Yáng羊bǔ补láo牢lǐ理suǒ所Yí宜。
yào zhī要之shì是jǔ举bì必dāng当jí亟háng行。rě若Yù遇yǒu shì有事gēng zhāng更张，bù miǎn不免wáng yáng bǔ láo亡羊补牢yǐ矣。

亡羊补牢【wáng yáng bǔ láo】

HSK 7-9

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

汉语词典Chinese definitions

亡羊补牢【wáng yáng bǔ láo】

chéng yǔ成语

fàn cuò犯错Hòu后jí shí及时gēng zhèng更正，Shàng尚Néng能bǔ jiù补救

chéng惩gēng羹chuī吹jī齑kǎi岂qí其Fēi非，wáng亡Yáng羊bǔ补láo牢lǐ理suǒ所Yí宜。
yào zhī要之shì是jǔ举bì必dāng当jí亟háng行。rě若Yù遇yǒu shì有事gēng zhāng更张，bù miǎn不免wáng yáng bǔ láo亡羊补牢yǐ矣。

亡

HSK 63

含义death, destroyed; lose, perish

拼音wáng

羊

HSK 31

含义sheep, goat; Kangxi radical 123

拼音yáng

补

HSK 3

含义mend, patch, fix, repair, restore

拼音bǔ

牢

HSK 64

含义prison; stable, pen; secure

拼音láo