相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
Pinyin

Definition

相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
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xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
  1. to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.
  2. It feels like we have known each other all along.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
恨
hèn
  1. 1 to hate
  2. 2 to regret
春晚
Chūn Wǎn
  1. 1 abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì]
昨晚
zuó wǎn
  1. 1 yesterday evening
  2. 2 last night
晚
wǎn
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 late

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down

Sample Sentences

是不是感觉相见恨晚呢？很多爱好都是这样无心插柳柳成荫呀。
shìbùshì gǎnjué xiāngjiànhènwǎn ne ？hěnduō àihào dōu shì zhèyàng wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn ya 。
Does it feel like you’ve finally met each other? Many hobbies develop out from these unintentional behaviors.
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