"相見恨晚" meaning in All languages combined

See 相見恨晚 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xən⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³ hɐn²² maːn¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 相见恨晚 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 相見恨晚
  1. to regret not having met earlier; if only we had met earlier (used to express the happiness when meeting with someone for the first time) Tags: idiomatic
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    {
      "form": "相见恨晚",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to regret not having met earlier; if only we had met earlier (used to express the happiness when meeting with someone for the first time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-相見恨晚-zh-phrase-0m-4jvR9",
      "links": [
        [
          "regret",
          "regret"
        ],
        [
          "if only",
          "if only"
        ],
        [
          "express",
          "express#English"
        ],
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness#English"
        ],
        [
          "meet",
          "meet#English"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone#English"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first#English"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiāngjiànhènwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiāngjiànhènwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siangjiànhènwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiang¹-chien⁴-hên⁴-wan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syāng-jyàn-hèn-wǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shiangjiannhennwoan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjanczjanʹxɛnʹvanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сянцзяньхэньвань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xən⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sēung gin hahn máahn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêng¹ gin³ hen⁶ man⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³ hɐn²² maːn¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "相見恨晚"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "相见恨晚",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "相見恨晚",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 恨",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 晚",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 相",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 見",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to regret not having met earlier; if only we had met earlier (used to express the happiness when meeting with someone for the first time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regret",
          "regret"
        ],
        [
          "if only",
          "if only"
        ],
        [
          "express",
          "express#English"
        ],
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness#English"
        ],
        [
          "meet",
          "meet#English"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone#English"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first#English"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiāngjiànhènwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiāngjiànhènwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siangjiànhènwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiang¹-chien⁴-hên⁴-wan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syāng-jyàn-hèn-wǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shiangjiannhennwoan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sjanczjanʹxɛnʹvanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сянцзяньхэньвань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xən⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sēung gin hahn máahn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêng¹ gin³ hen⁶ man⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³ hɐn²² maːn¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "相見恨晚"
}

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