相 相
见 見
恨 恨
晚 晚
- to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.
- It feels like we have known each other all along.
Info
- Wiktionary: 相见恨晚
- MDBG: 相见恨晚
- Examples with 相见恨晚 on Tatoeba
- Percentile: 47 (higher is more common)
- Tags: chengyu