相知恨晚
xiāng​zhī​hèn​wǎn

to regret meeting so late

  • created reference approved 相知恨晚 → 相见恨晚/相見恨晚 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相知恨晚 xiāng​zhī​hèn​wǎn

    相见恨晚 / 相見恨晚 xiāng​jiàn​hèn​wǎn

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  • created sense approved 相知恨晚 · xiāng​zhī​hèn​wǎn · to regret meeting so late — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相知恨晚

    xiāng​zhī​hèn​wǎn

    to regret meeting so late

    To regret that one has not known a friend for a longer time; used to express that two people have become such close friends that they wish they had met much earlier.

    相知 (literal) → 相知 · xiāng​zhī · to know each other well 恨 (literal) → 恨 · hèn · to regret 晚 (literal) → 晚 · wǎn · late

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