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亡羊補牢
【ぼうようほろう】

[n] [yoji]
▶ locking the barn door after the horse has bolted
▶ doing something too late
▶ [lit] mending the pen after the sheep are lost

History:

2.	A 2017-07-10 08:25:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2017-06-29 21:36:46 Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/idiom/亡羊�%A 3%9C%E7%89%A2/m0u/
	Comments:	Well-known in Chinese, but not so much in Japanese

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