start acting too late

start acting too late

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l í NK ě Ju é J ǐ ng, which means that people usually don't prepare for things before they find a way. It comes from Huangdi Neijing Suwen Siqi Tiaoshen Da Lun.

The origin of Idioms

It's not too late for husband's disease to be cured, and chaos to be cured! Huangdi Neijing Suwen Siqi Tiaoshen Da Lun

Idiom usage

It means that only when things come to an end can we find a way to deal with them. If you are eager to dig a well, how can you regret it. Chapter 35 of the romance of the gods by Xu Zhonglin of Ming Dynasty suggests that we should prepare for the rain and dig a well without thirst. Zhu Yongchun's maxim of governing the family in Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Similar words: unprepared, ready to fight, ready for a rainy day

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Duke Zhao of Lu was young and naive, and he believed in slander, which angered the three families of Ji, Shu sun and Meng. The three families united to attack Duke Zhao, and he fled to Qi. Qi Jinggong warmly entertained Zhao Gong, and was willing to give him a lot of property, hoping that he would stay for a long time. Zhao Gong said, "how can I abandon Duke Zhou's Wang Ye and live here for a long time?" Qi Jinggong asked with concern: "but why do you want to leave your country when you are so young and promising?" Zhao Gong felt that it was difficult to answer the question raised by Qi Jing Gong, so he sighed and said, "just because I was young, lack of experience in governing the country, and I was negligent for a moment, I couldn't correctly identify the true and false, so I made a big mistake and ended up like this." Qi Jing comforted him and said, "can't you come back and correct your mistakes?" Zhao Gong sighed disappointedly: "it's late!" Standing on one side, Yan Ying, the Prime Minister of the state of Qi, interjected: "yes, a man has fallen into a well, so he regrets why he walked carelessly. Just as a man is dying of thirst before he wants to dig a well for water, it's too late. "