相见恨晚
xiāng​jiàn​hèn​wǎn

to regret not meeting earlier

  • created reference approved 相见恨晚/相見恨晚 → 一见如故/一見如故 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相见恨晚 / 相見恨晚 xiāng​jiàn​hèn​wǎn

    一见如故 / 一見如故 yī​jiàn​rú​gù

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 相见恨晚/相見恨晚 · xiāng​jiàn​hèn​wǎn · to regret not meeting earlier — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相见恨晚 / 相見恨晚

    xiāng​jiàn​hèn​wǎn

    to regret not meeting earlier

    to feel regret for not having met each other sooner; describes a situation where two people get along so well that they feel they should have been friends long ago

    相见 (literal) → 相见/相見 · xiāng​jiàn · to meet 恨 (literal) → 恨 · hèn · to regret 晚 (literal) → 晚 · wǎn · late

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

    created sense