"後悔先に立たず" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "後悔先に立たず",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "後",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "悔",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "さき"
        ],
        [
          "立",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kōkai saki ni tatazu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "こうかい さき に たたず"
      },
      "expansion": "後(こう)悔(かい)先(さき)に立(た)たず • (kōkai saki ni tatazu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "don't cry over spilt milk"
      ],
      "id": "en-後悔先に立たず-ja-proverb-UyGZ84fp",
      "links": [
        [
          "don't cry over spilt milk",
          "don't cry over spilt milk"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "fukusui bon ni kaerazu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "覆水盆",
              "ふくすいぼん"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "覆水盆に返らず"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "後悔先に立たず"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "後悔先に立たず",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "後",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "悔",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "さき"
        ],
        [
          "立",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kōkai saki ni tatazu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "こうかい さき に たたず"
      },
      "expansion": "後(こう)悔(かい)先(さき)に立(た)たず • (kōkai saki ni tatazu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese proverbs",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "don't cry over spilt milk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "don't cry over spilt milk",
          "don't cry over spilt milk"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "fukusui bon ni kaerazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "覆水盆",
          "ふくすいぼん"
        ],
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "覆水盆に返らず"
    }
  ],
  "word": "後悔先に立たず"
}

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