The title of this article is 亡羊补牢. It is a Chinese idiom that can mean “to act belatedly” or “better late than never”.
Idioms in Chinese are commonly made up of 4 characters.
从前有个人养了很多羊，但是没有给羊建一个羊圈。
有一天晚上，从山上跑下来很多狼，吃掉了他十只羊。
他很后悔，他应该给羊建一个好的羊圈。
在羊被吃掉了以后，他才给羊建了一个羊圈。
这个成语的意思是，事情已经发生了，才补救。
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In the past, a man raised a lot of sheep, but did not build a sheep pen for them.
One night, a lot of wolves ran down the hill and ate ten of his sheep. He regretted not building a sheep pen like he should have. Only after his sheep were eaten did he construct a sheep pen.
The meaning of this idiom is that events have already happened, and only then are they remedied.
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