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亡羊补牢

wáng yáng láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
wáng to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
wáng old variant of
  Yáng surname Yang
  yáng sheep; goat / CL:,
   to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
    láo (literary) pen; fold (for livestock) / prison; jail / firm; secure; fast
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