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to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally. · It feels like we have known each other all along.

相见恨晚
xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
intimate · close亲密qīn mì(idiom) lit. to regret that one got to know each other too late (idiom) · fig. to form a deep friendship upon first meeting; to wish one had met earlier恨相知晚hèn xiāng zhī wǎn
Antonyms
lit. white-haired yet still like new acquaintances (idiom)\ · fig. to have known someone for a long time but still not understand them; to be strangers despite long acquaintance白头如新bái tóu rú xīn