 亡羊补牢 |  亡羊補牢 | |||
 wáng yáng bǔ láo |  mong4 yeung4 bou2 lou4 | |||
|
||||
 lit. to mend the pen after the sheep are lost (idiom)  / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted / better late than never / fig. to act belatedly / fig. to take action too late/ | ||||
  Adso: Cantofish: lit. to mend the pen after the sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to take action too late; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted MDBG: lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted  LDC:  CDict: ' | ||||
 Mouseover for pinyin and definition (if available). Click for dictionary lookup. 亡羊补牢(wáng yáng bǔ láo) fig. to act belatedly 。 Better late than never. Example sentences courtesy Tatoeba project.
| ||||
      (Click icons, results will appear below) (What are these?) | ||||
 亡 羊 补 牢 |
Somewhat infrequent
