HEYGOW ASMR

Regret and second thoughts

10 phrases
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zǎo zhīdào jiù bú qù le.
早知道就不去了。
ENif I'd known I wouldn't have gone
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wǒ yǒudiǎn hòuhuǐ le.
我有点后悔了。
ENI regret it a bit
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dāngshí yīnggāi shuō qīngchu.
当时应该说清楚。
ENI should have been clearer at the time
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xiànzài shuō zhèxiē yě wǎn le.
现在说这些也晚了。
ENit's too late to say that now
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yàoshi néng chóng lái yí cì.
要是能重来一次。
ENif only I could do it over
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wǒ yóuyù le hěn jiǔ.
我犹豫了很久。
ENI hesitated for a long time
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shì yǐ zhì cǐ.
事已至此。
ENwhat's done is done
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wǒ zhǐ néng jiēshòu le.
我只能接受了。
ENI've no choice but to accept it
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yǐhòu xiǎoxīn yìdiǎn.
以后小心一点。
ENI'll be more careful next time
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chī yí qiàn zhǎng yí zhì.
吃一堑长一智。
ENa fall in the pit, a gain in your wit

早知道就不去了 - had I known, I wouldn't have gone - is the counterfactual pattern: 早知道 plus what you would have done differently. 吃一堑长一智 - one setback, one more wit - is the proverb that turns regret into something usable.