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相逄恨晚

Chinese translation: Brief Encounter

05:24 Jun 4, 2011
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / chinese idiom
English term or phrase: 相逄恨晚
chinese idiom
lawrenceho
Local time: 16:34
Chinese translation:Brief Encounter
Explanation:
英语里有这种说法，感觉比较地道。
Selected response from:

Oliver Zhang
China
Local time: 04:34
Grading comment
Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4regret not to have met earlier
Jinhang Wang
4It is much to be regretted that we could did not meet earlier.
Vivian Yuan
4Brief Encounter
Oliver Zhang
4what a shame that we had not met earlier!
Linguist Laureate
3feel a twinge of remorse over late acquaintance / wish we met each other earlier
Ivan Niu
3wishing to have met sooner
haihaola


  

Answers


57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
It is much to be regretted that we could did not meet earlier.


Explanation:
It is much to be regretted that we could did not meet earlier.


Vivian Yuan
China
Local time: 04:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
regret not to have met earlier


Explanation:
FYI.

Jinhang Wang
China
Local time: 04:34
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 41

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francis Fine: Both Vivian and Ivan did a good job. I support J.H.'s shorter version and supplement it with a full sentence: My [only] regret is: we didn't meet earlier.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Guei Lin
18 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Grace Liu
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  jyuan_us
8 days
  -> Thanks!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
feel a twinge of remorse over late acquaintance / wish we met each other earlier


Explanation:
hope it helps.

Ivan Niu
China
Local time: 04:34
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 days 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Brief Encounter


Explanation:
英语里有这种说法，感觉比较地道。

Oliver Zhang
China
Local time: 04:34
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you
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3 days 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
wishing to have met sooner


Explanation:
用sooner代替earlier会不会更顺畅一些？


haihaola
China
Local time: 04:34
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
what a shame that we had not met earlier!


Explanation:
an option, merely

Linguist Laureate
China
Local time: 04:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 8
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