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To mend the fold after the sheep are lost
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.
亡羊补牢
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。
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.
Ipanda Chinese
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问题
1 – 羊被什么吃掉了？
a. 猪
b. 龙
c. 狼
d. 狗
2 – 狼吃掉了多少羊？
a. 三只
b. 五只
c. 十只
d. 一只
1. c
2. c
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