it is too late to repent(shì qí wú jí)

it is too late to repent

Chinese idioms, Pinyin is sh ì Q í m ò J í, meaning like biting your own navel. It's too late to regret. It comes from Zuozhuan, the sixth year of zhuanggong.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms bite, regret, bite

Idiom usage

If you don't look back at the moment, you may want to change the picture later. Lin Zexu, Qing Dynasty, the notice to the scholars, merchants, soldiers and civilians of Guangdong Province to give up opium at the same speed

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period (688 BC), King Wen of Chu attacked Nanshen state by way of Deng state. The king of Deng state, Deng Qihou, was his uncle. He personally met King Wen of Chu. His ministers, Zhui nephew, Huang nephew and foster nephew, asked him to guard against this nephew. But Deng Qihou didn't listen and let King Wen of Chu attack Nanshen state. After he destroyed Nanshen state, he went to destroy Deng state on his way back. Deng Qihou really regretted it And.

The origin of Idioms

Zuozhuan zhuanggong's sixth year: "if you don't make the picture earlier, then you will eat Qi (navel), which is similar to the picture?"

Chinese PinYin : shì qí wú jí