chuán​dào​jiāng​xīn​bǔ​lòu​chí

too late to mend

Senses

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.

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