idiomverb
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom); to regret vainly one's past behavior
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早知今日何必当初 (zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū) means "if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom); to regret vainly one's past behavior" in Chinese.
早知今日何必当初 is pronounced "zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 8 syllables.
早知今日何必当初 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
早知今日何必当初 is made up of the characters 早, 知, 今, 日, 何, 必, 当, 初. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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