早知今日何必当初

zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchū

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

Traditional 早知今日何必當初

Meaning

zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchūzao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1
  1. if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. to regret vainly one's past behavior

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