A dog in need

A dog in need

Bugu Gu dog, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ǔ L á og ù Qu ǎ n, which means to repair the sheepfold after losing the sheep; to call the dog to chase after the hare when seeing it. It means to try to remedy the mistakes in time. It comes from the fourth chapter of Chu CE in the Warring States period.

The origin of Idioms

"It's not too late to look after the dog when you see the rabbit; it's not too late to mend the sheep when it's gone."

Analysis of Idioms

Close synonym: mend a sheep when it is dead

Idiom usage

It's too late to take measures, to set an example, to start a factory, to take care of the dog. Zuo Zongtang, Qing Dynasty