船到江心，补漏迟 in English chuan2 dao4 jiang1 xin1 , bu3 lou4 chi2 Meaning

Meanings

  • It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

船 到 江 心 ， 补 漏 迟

Traditional Characters

船 到 江 心 ， 補 漏 遲

Pinyin

chuan2 dao4 jiang1 xin1 , bu3 lou4 chi2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

船chuan2variant of 船[chuan2] 到dao4to (a place) 江jiang1surname Jiang 心xin1heart ， 补bu3to repair 漏lou4to leak 迟chi2surname Chi