既有今日何必當初
jì​yǒu​jīn​rì​hé​bì​dāng​chū

to regret one's past behavior

  • created sense approved 既有今日何必当初/既有今日何必當初 · jì​yǒu​jīn​rì​hé​bì​dāng​chū · to regret one's past behavior — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    既有今日何必当初 / 既有今日何必當初

    jì​yǒu​jīn​rì​hé​bì​dāng​chū

    to regret one's past behavior

    Used to express regret or to criticize someone by suggesting that if they had known it would come to this, they would not have acted as they did.

    既 (literal) → 既 · jì · since 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is 今日 (literal) → 今日 · jīn​rì · the present 何必 (literal) → 何必 · hé​bì · there is no need 当初 (literal) → 当初/當初 · dāng​chū · originally

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense