为时已晚

為時已晚

wéishí-yǐwǎn

idiom #14,903

Meanings

1 already too late

Characters

Examples

等他赶到医院的时候，已经为时已晚了。

Děng tā gǎndào yīyuàn de shíhou, yǐjīng wéishí-yǐwǎn le.

By the time he arrived at the hospital, it was already too late.

现在补救还不算为时已晚。

Xiànzài bǔjiù hái búsuàn wéishí-yǐwǎn.

It's not too late to make amends now.

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grammar

Often used with 已经 for emphasis (已经为时已晚) or in the negative 还不算为时已晚 (it's not yet too late).

Stroke Order

为 wéi

时 shí

已 yǐ

晚 wǎn