Word details
亡羊補牢
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 亡羊補牢.
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Entry
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locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
亡
deceased, the late, dying, perish
3 strokesFrequency 661JLPT N2Grade 6
On
ボウモウ
Kun
な.いな.き-ほろ.びるほろ.ぶほろ.ぼす
羊
sheep
6 strokesFrequency 1,852JLPT N1Grade 3
On
ヨウ
Kun
ひつじ
Nanori
よ
補
supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
12 strokesFrequency 332JLPT N2Grade 6
On
ホ
Kun
おぎな.う
牢
prison, jail, hardness
7 strokesFrequency 2,472
On
ロウ
Kun
かた.いひとや
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