相见恨晚

Traditional form:

相見恨晚

Pinyin (reading):

xiāngjiànhènwǎn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 恨 - to dislike, to hate, to resent
• 晚 - night, evening; late

Traditional characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 見 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 恨 - to dislike, to hate, to resent
• 晚 - night, evening; late