既有今日，何必當初

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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 ㄐㄧㄣㄖˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤㄔㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣㄖˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤㄔㄨ
  - 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

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

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