噬臍莫及 噬脐莫及
[shì qí mò jí]
lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom)
fig. too late for regrets
噬脐莫及
来自翻译宝典
简体中文>英语, CC-CEDICT
噬脐莫及
shìqí-mòjí
(also 噬脐何及) 〈成〉 One cannot bite one's own navel. —It is too late to repent. or hopeless situation
shìqí-mòjí
(also 噬脐何及) 〈成〉 One cannot bite one's own navel. —It is too late to repent. or hopeless situation
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英词典
噬脐莫及
shì qí mò jí
《左传》庄公六年:
- ‘若不早图,后君噬齐(齐:
- 同‘脐’),其及图之乎?’杜预注:
- ‘若啮腹齐,喻不可及’。意思是咬自己的肚脐是够不着的,后来用‘噬脐莫及’比喻后悔莫及。 {The Zuo Commentary·Duke Zhuang 6th Year:
‘If you fail to act before it's too late, you'll end up biting into your belly button. Isn't it too late by that time?’ Du Yu's annotation of this line:
- ‘To bite one's belly button is a figurative way to say it is too late to repent.’ The expression means one cannot bite one's own navel. (fig.) It is too late to save a hopeless situation. or Repentance is too late.}
shì qí mò jí
《左传》庄公六年:
- ‘若不早图,后君噬齐(齐:
- 同‘脐’),其及图之乎?’杜预注:
- ‘若啮腹齐,喻不可及’。意思是咬自己的肚脐是够不着的,后来用‘噬脐莫及’比喻后悔莫及。 {The Zuo Commentary·Duke Zhuang 6th Year:
‘If you fail to act before it's too late, you'll end up biting into your belly button. Isn't it too late by that time?’ Du Yu's annotation of this line:
- ‘To bite one's belly button is a figurative way to say it is too late to repent.’ The expression means one cannot bite one's own navel. (fig.) It is too late to save a hopeless situation. or Repentance is too late.}
简体中文>英语, 现代汉语词典
噬脐莫及
shìqí-mòjí
<熟> it is impossible for one to bite his own navel―it is too late to repent
shìqí-mòjí
<熟> it is impossible for one to bite his own navel―it is too late to repent
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英大词典
