既有今日，何必當初

Chinese

		to originally have; existing; established	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. (既有今日，何必當初)		既有	今日	，	何必	當初
simp. (既有今日，何必当初)		既有	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): jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìyǒu jinrìh hébì dangchu
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-yu³ chin¹-jih⁴ ho²-pi⁴ tang¹-chʻu¹
    • Yale: jì-yǒu jīn-r̀ hé-bì dāng-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihyeou jinryh herbih dangchu
    • Palladius: цзию цзиньжи хэби данчу (cziju czinʹži xɛbi danču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/

Idiom

既有今日，何必當初

1. to regret one's past behaviour

Synonyms

• 早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初 (zǎozhī 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