为时已晚

為時已晚

wéishíyǐwǎn

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 wéishíyǐwǎn 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 bú suàn wéishíyǐwǎn.

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 wèi

时 shí

已 yǐ

晚 wǎn