created sense approved 船到江心，补漏迟/船到江心，補漏遲 · chuándàojiāngxīnbǔlòuchí · it is too late to plug the leak once the ship is in midstream — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
船到江心，补漏迟 / 船到江心，補漏遲
chuándàojiāngxīnbǔlòuchí
it is too late to plug the leak once the ship is in midstream
It is too late to take precautions once the trouble has already happened; waiting until the last minute to act is useless.
船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to arrive 江心 (literal) → 江心 · jiāngxīn · middle of a river ， (non_chinese) 补漏 (literal) → 补漏/補漏 · bǔlòu · to patch a leak 迟 (literal) → 迟/遲 · chí · late
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