亡羊补牢trad.亡羊補牢
wángyángbǔláo
HSK 7Rank #8,318
- 1.lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
- 2.fig. to act belatedly
- 3.better late than never
- 4.to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
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