早知今日，悔不當初

Chinese
to know earlier today; nowadays; the present time regret not; no
 
originally; at first; at that time
originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place
trad. (早知今日，悔不當初) 早知 今日 ， 悔 不 當初
simp. (早知今日，悔不当初) 早知 今日 ， 悔 不 当初
Literally: “if one had known about this day from the beginning, there would have been no point in starting”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǎozhī jīnrì, huǐ bù dāngchū
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎozhī jīnrì, huǐ bù dāngchū
      • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎojhih jinrìh, huěi bù dangchu
      • Wade–Giles: tsao3-chih1 chin1-jih4- hui3 pu4 tang1-chʻu1
      • Yale: dzǎu-jr̄ jīn-r̀-, hwěi bù dāng-chū
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaojy jinryh, hoei bu dangchu
      • Palladius: цзаочжи цзиньжи, хуэй бу данчу (czaočži czinʹži, xuej bu danču)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ xweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/

Idiom

早知今日，悔不當初

  1. to regret one's past behaviour

Synonyms
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