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早知今日何必当初

zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū · zao zhi jin ri he bi dang chu

Traditional 早知今日何必當初

Meaning

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  1. if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. to regret vainly one's past behavior
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