亡羊补牢 meaning in English
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly
Meaning of 亡羊补牢
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
wángyángbǔláo
- 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
亡羊补牢 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
亡羊补牢。
Better late than never.
Stroke order for each character
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亡 wáng · death · 3 strokes
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羊 yáng · sheep · 6 strokes
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补 bǔ · to repair · 7 strokes
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牢 láo · pen · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 亡羊补牢.
| 补充 | bǔchōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 补偿 | bǔcháng | to compensate; to make up |
| 补贴 | bǔtiē | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 死亡 | sǐwáng | to die; death |
| 伤亡 | shāngwáng | casualties; injuries and deaths |
| 补习 | bǔxí | to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor |
| 补助 | bǔzhù | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 补课 | bǔkè | to make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class |
| 补考 | bǔkǎo | to sit for a makeup exam; to resit an exam |
| 弥补 | míbǔ | to complement; to make up for a deficiency |
| 逃亡 | táowáng | to flee; to go into exile |
| 灭亡 | mièwáng | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate |
Questions about 亡羊补牢
What does 亡羊补牢 mean?
亡羊补牢 (wángyáng-bǔláo) means "lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly".
How do you write 亡羊补牢?
亡羊补牢 is made of 4 characters: 亡 (3 strokes), 羊 (6 strokes), 补 (7 strokes), 牢 (7 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
Is 亡羊补牢 an HSK word?
Yes. 亡羊补牢 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 亡羊补牢 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 亡羊补牢 is written 亡羊補牢.