created sense approved 早知今日，何必当初/早知今日，何必當初 · zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchū · if I had known then what I know now — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
早知今日，何必当初 / 早知今日，何必當初
zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchū
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
早知 (literal) → 早知 · zǎozhī · to know in advance 今日 (literal) → 今日 · jīnrì · today ， (non_chinese) 何必当初 (literal) → 何必当初/何必當初 · hébìdāngchū · why bother in the first place
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