早知今日，何必當初

See also: 早知今日，何必当初

Chinese

		to know earlier	today; nowadays; the present time		why; why on earth; why bother	originally; at first; at that time originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place
trad. (早知今日，何必當初)		早知	今日	，	何必	當初
simp. (早知今日，何必当初)		早知	今日	，	何必	当初
Literally: “if one had known about this day from the beginning, there would have been no point in starting”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄓㄐㄧㄣㄖˋ , ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤㄔㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² zi¹ gam¹ jat⁶, ho⁴ bit¹ dong¹ co¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chá-chai kim-li̍t hô͘-pit tong-chho͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄓㄐㄧㄣㄖˋ , ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤㄔㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎojhih jinrìh, hébì dangchu
  - Wade–Giles: tsao³-chih¹ chin¹-jih⁴, ho²-pi⁴ tang¹-chʻu¹
  - Yale: dzǎu-jr̄ jīn-r̀-, hé-bì dāng-chū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaojy jinryh, herbih dangchu
  - Palladius: цзаочжи цзиньжи, хэби данчу (czaočži czinʹži, xɛbi danču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² zi¹ gam¹ jat⁶, ho⁴ bit¹ dong¹ co¹
  - Yale: jóu jī gām yaht, hòh bīt dōng chō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² dzi¹ gam¹ jat⁹, ho⁴ bit⁷ dong¹ tso¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² ji¹ gem¹ yed⁶, ho⁴ bid¹ dong¹ co¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ jɐt̚² hɔː²¹ piːt̚⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Klang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-chai kim-li̍t hô͘-pit tong-chho͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsá-tsai kim-li̍t hôo-pit tong-tshoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zafzay kimlit ho'pid dongzhof
  - IPA (Klang): /t͡sa⁵³⁻³⁴ t͡sai³³ kim³³ lit̚³ hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵³⁻⁵⁴ tɔŋ³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/

Idiom

早知今日，何必當初

to regret one's past behaviour

Synonyms

既有今日，何必當初／既有今日，何必当初 (jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū)
早知今日，悔不當初／早知今日，悔不当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, huǐ bù dāngchū)
(Hakka) 早知拉尿，企到天光

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