This sentence comes from "Warring States Policy Chu Ce IV": "It's never too late to see a rabbit and love a dog; It's not too late to mend. "
Introduction to the work:
The Warring States Period is a work of national history. It mainly describes the political opinions and strategies of strategists in the Warring States period, and shows the historical characteristics and social features of the Warring States period. This is an important book for studying the history of the Warring States. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang compiled thirty-three articles, the topics of which were also drawn up by Liu Xiang. Chusi is the seventeenth volume in the book.
It's never too late.
Interpretation: death: loss; Prison: animal pen. Only when the sheep are lost can the sheepfold be repaired. Take remedial measures in time when problems are found, so as not to make a big mistake.
Usage: used for things, commending.
Example: If you find a mistake, you should correct it in time, just like if a sheep dies, you should make it up again.
Synonyms are corrected when they know their mistakes.
The antonym waits for no one, and never changes when you know your mistakes.