too late
Jiangxin mending a leak, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā NGX ī Nb ǔ L ò u, which means that it is too late for a ship to mend a leak until it reaches Jiangxin. From "save the wind".
The origin of Idioms
The eightfold discount of Guan Hanqing's "save the wind and dust" in Yuan Dynasty: "depending on the time of the year, the ship arrived at Jiangxin to mend the leak late. Who are you worried about? You should think before you do something to avoid regret. I also advise you not to prepare to rescue you one day."
Analysis of Idioms
Be prepared for the worst, be prepared for the worst
Idiom usage
It is the same as "the ship arrived late to mend the leak". In Wang's miscellaneous compilation of Yishan, there are 41 articles which are not helpful. One of them is to mend the loopholes in the heart of the river. Zhai Hao's popular edition of Geography in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : jiāng xīn bǔ lòu
too late
dogs and chickens made of potter 's clay. táo quǎn wǎ jī
i was putting on my clothes upside down. diān dǎo yī cháng
strike an attitude of half-declining and half-accepting so as to provoke the other party to greater or more ardent efforts or to a more agreeable offer. bàn tuī bàn jiù