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来不及 → ☊ lai2bu5ji2 there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) ☊ Quá muộn ☊
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like: quá muộn → →
zu spät ☊ quá muộn ☊ 太晚了 ☊ tài wǎn le
zu spät ☊ quá muộn ☊ ☊
It's too late now, anyway. ☊ anyway ☊
bet (that)...: I bet (that) we're too late. ☊ bet ☊
The rains came too late to do any good. ☊ come ☊
excuse sb for sth/for doing sth: I hope you'll excuse me for being so late. ☊ excuse ☊
The offer of help came too late. ☊ help ☊
It's too late to save her now. ☊ be too late ☊
Buy now before it's too late. ☊ be too late ☊
I'm afraid you're too late to apply for the job. ☊ be too late ☊
The doctors did all they could, but it was too late. ☊ be too late ☊
She's left it too late to apply for the job. ☊ too late ☊
I realized the truth too late. ☊ too late ☊
We arrived not a moment too soon (= almost too late). ☊ moment ☊
10 o'clock is too late for the little ones. ☊ one ☊
reason (why...): I'd like to know the reason why you're so late. ☊ reason ☊
It was too late to repair the damage done to their relationship. ☊ repair ☊
I heard her warning shout too late. ☊ shout ☊
It's too late to do anything about it now. ☊ too ☊
It's very unlike him to be so late. ☊ unlike ☊
The people who called yesterday want to buy the house. ☊ who ☊