shì

idiom

Meaning of 噬脐莫及

噬脐莫及 means too late to regret; impossible to remedy (lit. unable to bite one's own navel). Pronounced shì qí mò jí.

  • too late to regret; impossible to remedy (lit. unable to bite one's own navel)

Definitions & Examples

Dāng
chū
tīng
quàn
gào
 
jīn
shì
 

He didn't listen to advice back then, and now it is too late to regret.

guǒ
xiàn
zài
huì
 
jiāng
lái
huì
shì
de
 

If you don't seize the opportunity now, you will regret it later.

Shì
dào
jīn
 
shì
 
men
zhǐ
néng
jìn
jiù
 

Now that it has come to this, it is too late for regrets; we can only try our best to remedy the situation.

yīn
wéi
shí
tān
niàn
ér
fàn
xià
cuò
 
xiàn
zài
shì
 

He made a terrible mistake because of a moment of greed, and now it is too late to regret.