相见恨晚
xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
Pinyin

Definition

相见恨晚
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xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
  1. to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.
  2. It feels like we have known each other all along.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
恨
hèn
  1. 1 to hate
  2. 2 to regret
春晚
Chūn Wǎn
  1. 1 abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì]
昨晚
zuó wǎn
  1. 1 yesterday evening
  2. 2 last night
晚
wǎn
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 late
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in the evening
晚安
wǎn ān
  1. 1 Good night!
  2. 2 Good evening!
相信
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
互相
hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual
亮相
liàng xiàng
  1. 1 to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
  2. 2 (fig.) to make a public appearance
  3. 3 to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
  4. 4 (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
仇恨
chóu hèn
  1. 1 to hate
  2. 2 hatred
  3. 3 enmity
  4. 4 hostility
傍晚
bàng wǎn
  1. 1 in the evening
  2. 2 when night falls
  3. 3 towards evening
  4. 4 at night fall
  5. 5 at dusk
夜晚
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
怨恨
yuàn hèn
  1. 1 to resent
  2. 2 to harbor a grudge against
  3. 3 to loathe
  4. 4 resentment
  5. 5 rancor
悔恨
huǐ hèn
  1. 1 remorse
  2. 2 repentance
意气相投
yì qì xiāng tóu
  1. 1 congenial
早晚
zǎo wǎn
  1. 1 morning and evening
  2. 2 sooner or later
晚报
wǎn bào
  1. 1 evening newspaper
  2. 2 (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
晚年
wǎn nián
  1. 1 one's later years
晚会
wǎn huì
  1. 1 evening party
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi
  1. 1 mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
  2. 2 passing the buck to and fro
  3. 3 each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
  1. 1 two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
两虎相争，必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
两虎相斗
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu
  1. 1 two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
  2. 2 a battle of the giants

Sample Sentences

是不是感觉相见恨晚呢？很多爱好都是这样无心插柳柳成荫呀。
shìbùshì gǎnjué xiāngjiànhènwǎn ne ？hěnduō àihào dōu shì zhèyàng wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn ya 。
Does it feel like you’ve finally met each other? Many hobbies develop out from these unintentional behaviors.
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