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亡羊補牢【ぼうようほろう】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lostyojijukugo

Forms

亡羊補牢【ぼうようほろう】
ぼうようほろう

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

亡羊補牢【ぼうようほろう】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lostyojijukugo

Forms

亡羊補牢【ぼうようほろう】
ぼうようほろう

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

亡

N36

意deceased; the late; dying; perish

訓な.い、な.き-、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

音ボウ、モウ

羊

N13

意sheep

訓ひつじ

音ヨウ

名よ

補

N26

意supplement; supply; make good; offset; compensate; assistant; learner

訓おぎな.う

音ホ

牢

意prison; jail; hardness

訓かた.い、ひとや

音ロウ