See better late than never in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chí zuò zǒng bǐ bù zuò hǎo",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "迟做总比不做好"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "亡羊補牢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wángyángbǔláo",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "亡羊补牢"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "lepší pozdě než nikdy"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "bedre sent end aldrig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "beter laat dan nooit"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "pli bone malfrue ol neniam"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "parem hilja kui mitte kunagi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "parempi myöhään kuin ei milloinkaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "mieux vaut tard que jamais"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sǯobs gvian vidre arasdros",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "სჯობს გვიან ვიდრე არასდროს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "besser spät als nie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kállio argá pará poté",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "κάλλιο αργά παρά ποτέ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "עדיף מאוחר מאשר לעולם לא"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jab jāti tab savere",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "जब जाति तब सवेरे"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "jobb későn, mint soha"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "is fearr déanaí ná ródhéanaí"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "is fearr go deireanach ná go brách"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "is fearr go mall ná go brách"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "meglio tardi che mai"
},
{
"alt": "おそくてもやらないよりまし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "osokutemo yaranai yori mashi",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "遅くてもやらないよりまし"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "eşten keş jaqsy",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "ештен кеш жақсы"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "potius sero quam numquam"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "potiusque sero quam numquam"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "kyzyt ogyl gyn, lučo vara",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "кызыт огыл гын, лучо вара"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "bedre sent enn aldri"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "bedre seint enn aldri"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "betre seint enn aldri"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dir âyad o šir âyad",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "دیر آید و شیر آید"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "lepiej późno niż wcale"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "lepiej późno niż później"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "antes tarde do que nunca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "mais vale tarde do que nunca"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "mai bine mai târziu decât niciodată"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lúčše pózdno, čem nikogdá",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "лу́чше по́здно, чем никогда́"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "bolje pozno kot nikoli"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "más vale tarde que nunca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "bättre sent än aldrig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "geç olsun da güç olmasın"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "hiçden giç ýagşy"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krášče pízno, niž nikóly",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "кра́ще пі́зно, ніж ніко́ли"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "der ā'ye durust ā'ye",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "دیر آئے درست آئے"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all",
"word": "gwell rhywbryd na byth"
}
],
"word": "better late than never"
}
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