「早知今日，何必當初」
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| Pronunciation： | zou2 zi1 gam1 jat6 ho4 bit1 dong1 co1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
早 early; morning 知 to know; knowledge; to realise; to understand; to inform 今 now; present time 日 day; sun; daytime; shorthand for Japan; 24 hours 何 which; what; how 必 certainly; definitely; must; necessarily 當 as; consider; when; while; just at; to work as; to serve as; to undertake; to face; to be situated in; to consider; to treat as; to think of; to pawn an item; should; ought to; suitable; just 初 first; early; the beginning of; for the first time; just beginning to; just happened; elementary; junior |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
if one had known it would come to this, he would not have acted so; used to sigh
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| See also： | 唏噓 嘆氣 歎 抖大氣 |
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