there is still time to amend

there is still time to amend

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l á izh ě K ě Zhu ī, which means that the past can't be retrieved, but the future can catch up. Can be pursued, can be remedied. It comes from the Analects of Confucius.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius written by Lu konqiu in the spring and Autumn period, "the past can not be admonished, and the coming can still be pursued."

Idiom usage

It means that there is still time to remedy the future. It's not early to distinguish, but I've been forced by mulberry and elm; those who come can catch up, but fortunately they haven't filled in the gully. The Song Dynasty's Qin Guan's Dai Qizhou Shou Xie Shang Biao and the Qing Dynasty's Zhang Zhidong's Fu Zi Shu said: "although it's done without saying, those who come can catch up, now and then, we should quickly accept your evil intentions and study hard. We can't go out of school unless we meet a week.

Analysis of Idioms

[near synonym]: mend after a sheep has died [emotional color]: commendatory words [degree of common use]: remote [generation time]: Ancient