早知今日何必當初

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if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom) · to regret vainly one's past behavior

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. to regret vainly one's past behavior

Written Forms

早知今日何必當初Traditional · Main Form
早知今日何必当初Alternate Form

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