idiom : common saying > It's too late to plug the leak when the boat is in midstream
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Late to the middle of a river boat trap
  Explanation: Ship to the middle of the river just fill holes. Analogy remedy is not timely, for it does not help.
  Usage: Complex sentence; for clause; that did not prepare in advance, interim measures are not effective
  Source: Yuan Zheng Guangzu "Qi Zhiyong _set_" Third off: "You are now shipping to the middle of the river trap later, it arrived in a timely turn received much to ride."
chuán dào jiāng xīn bǔ lòu chí
  Ship has been moving to fill gaps until the river is too late, we do not solve the problem compared to the time too late
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Analogy impromptu, temporary scared stricken
  Analogy impromptu, temporary scared stricken. Yuan Revival after "set Qi Zhiyong," the third section: "You are now shipping to the middle of the river Traps late, how many think twice before they arrived close to ride." Yuan Anonymous "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" the third section: "is the boat to the middle of the river can be Traps late, only with my soul scattered soul fly. "Ming Gao" Tale of the dissemination of classified forest ":" This is wrong Lam kinds of jade marry today in boat to the middle of the river late Traps. "
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No. 4
  词目 船到江心补漏迟
  发音 chuán dào jiāng xīn bǔ lòu chí
  释义 船到江心才补漏洞。比喻补救不及时,对事情毫无帮助。
  出处 元·关汉卿《救风尘》一折:“恁时节,船到江心补漏迟,烦恼怨他谁。事要前思,免劳后悔。”
  近义词 于事无补
  语 法 复句式;作分句;指事先没准备,临时措施不得力
成语词典
  成语名称
  船到江心补漏迟
  汉语拼音
  chuán dào jiāng xīn bǔ lòu chí
  成语释义
  船到江心才补漏洞。比喻补救不及时,对事情毫无帮助。
  成语出处
  元·关汉卿《救风尘》一折:“恁时节,船到江心补漏迟,烦恼怨他谁。事要前思,免劳后悔。”
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English Expression
  1. n.:  It's too late to plug the leak when the boat is in midstream