早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chūzaozhijinrihebidangchu
- if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
- to regret vainly one's past behavior
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chūzaozhijinrihebidangchu
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