为时已晚 meaning in English
already too late
Traditional 為時已晚25 strokes
Meaning of 为时已晚
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
wéishíyǐwǎn
- already too late
为时已晚 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
这个世界还有救，还是为时已晚？
Can we still save the world, or is it too late?
我们联系上他们已经为时已晚。
We were unable to make contact with them until it was too late.
Stroke order for each character
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为 wèi · because of · 4 strokes
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时 shí · o'clock · 7 strokes
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已 yǐ · already · 3 strokes
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晚 wǎn · evening · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 为时已晚.
| 时候 | shíhou | time; length of time |
| 时间 | shíjiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
| 有时 | yǒushí | sometimes; now and then |
| 有时候 | yǒushíhou | sometimes |
| 晚饭 | wǎnfàn | evening meal; dinner |
| 为什么 | wèi shénme | why?; for what reason? |
| 已经 | yǐjīng | already |
| 因为 | yīnwèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 认为 | rènwéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 以为 | yǐwéi | to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless refe |
Questions about 为时已晚
What does 为时已晚 mean?
为时已晚 (wéishíyǐwǎn) means "already too late".
How do you write 为时已晚?
为时已晚 is made of 4 characters: 为 (4 strokes), 时 (7 strokes), 已 (3 strokes), 晚 (11 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.
How is 为时已晚 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 为时已晚 is written 為時已晚.