zǎo​zhī​jīn​rì​hé​bì​dāng​chū

if I had known then what I know now

Senses

早知今日,何必当初/ 早知今日,何必當初 zǎo​zhī​jīn​rì​hé​bì​dāng​chū if I had known then what I know now

if I had only known it would come to this, I would not have acted as I did; used to express regret for past actions or to reproach someone for their current predicament

References

see 何必当初/何必當初 早知今日,何必当初/早知今日,何必當初