吃後悔藥

吃后悔药
chīhòuhuǐyào
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)

CEDICT

  1. (idiomatic, figurative) to regret; to cry over spilt milk
  2. to regret; to cry over spilt milk

Wiktionary

比喻事後懊悔。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=1 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
2 後悔藥 hòuhuǐyào
  1. (figuratively) medicine for remorse
  2. medicine for remorse

Related entries

失悔 shīhuǐ
  1. to regret
  2. to feel remorse
惋惜 wǎnxī
  1. to regret
  2. to feel that it is a great pity
  3. to feel sorry for sb
懊 ào to regret
殘念 cánniàn
  1. (coll.) to regret
  2. what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen")
自悔 zìhuǐ
  1. to regret
  2. to repent
怨艾 yuànyì
  1. to resent
  2. to regret
  3. grudge
恨 hèn
  1. to hate
  2. to regret
我恨你！

I hate you!

Source: Tatoeba

歉 qiàn
  1. to apologize
  2. to regret
  3. deficient
遺憾 yíhàn
  1. regret
  2. to regret
  3. to be sorry that
多遗憾啊！

What a pity!

Source: Tatoeba

心疼 xīnténg
  1. to love dearly
  2. to feel sorry for sb
  3. to regret
  4. to grudge
  5. to be distressed
懊悔 àohuǐ
  1. to feel remorse
  2. to repent
  3. to regret
反社会者极少为他们的罪行显露懊悔或有罪恶的感觉。

Sociopaths rarely display remorse or feelings of guilt for their crimes.

Source: Tatoeba