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早知今日何必当初

zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū

8-character word Traditional 早知今日何必當初

What 早知今日何必当初 means

1. if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
2. to regret vainly one's past behavior

The characters in 早知今日何必当初

• 早zǎoearly; morning; Good morning!
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 今jīnnow; the present time; current
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 何héwhat; how; why
• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…