HSK 3 Chinese reading practice

亡羊补牢

wáng yáng bǔ láo

Mend the Pen After Losing a Sheep

A farmer learns that fixing a problem late is still better than never fixing it.

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It is not too late to repair the pen

亡羊补牢 is recorded in Strategies of the Warring States. The idiom is still used to say that correcting a mistake after a loss can prevent an even greater loss.

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