船到江心补漏迟
chuán​dào​jiāng​xīn​bǔ​lòu​chí

too late to mend

  • created sense approved 船到江心补漏迟/船到江心補漏遲 · chuán​dào​jiāng​xīn​bǔ​lòu​chí · too late to mend — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    船到江心补漏迟 / 船到江心補漏遲

    chuán​dào​jiāng​xīn​bǔ​lòu​chí

    too late to mend

    (proverb) Literally "to start mending a leak only when the boat is in the middle of the river"; to delay taking action until it is too late to save a situation.

    船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to arrive 江心 (literal) → 江心 · jiāng​xīn · middle of a river 补漏 (literal) → 补漏/補漏 · bǔ​lòu · to patch a leak 迟 (literal) → 迟/遲 · chí · late

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    created sense