it is much to be regretted that we have not met earlier

it is much to be regretted that we have not met earlier

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Xi ā ngzh ī h è NW ǎ n, which means new friends are very congenial. It comes from the biography of marquis Wu'an of Wei Qi in historical records.

Idiom explanation

Acquaintance: mutual understanding. It's too late.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian's biography of Wu'an Marquis of Wei Qi in historical records in the Western Han Dynasty: "the two of them are very important to each other and travel together like father and son. If you are happy with each other, you will not be tired of it. If you hate each other, you will know it later. "

Idiom usage

As predicate and attribute, it refers to joining each other.

Examples

We all have the feeling that it's too late to know each other.