船到江心,补漏迟

It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)

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variant of 船[chuan2]

= + + : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.
boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]

= + + : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.
to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

= + : Don Quixote has been waiting at the arrivals conveyor belt in the aorta's bathroom for way too long, but finally his new kitchen knife arrived.
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
surname Jiang

= + : A rive has flooded the area around the anglepod, but Joan of Arc was able to save herself on a makeshift raft made of a steel beam and a lot of empty bottles to make it float. She's floating just in front of the anglepod.
river / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

= + : A rive has flooded the area around the anglepod, but Joan of Arc was able to save herself on a makeshift raft made of a steel beam and a lot of empty bottles to make it float. She's floating just in front of the anglepod.
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) broke his voodoo staff (卜) inside of the space station (Ø3) and he has nothing available than a royal ermine coat (衤). His staff means much more to him than the coat though, so he rips the royal ermine coat into stripes to fix (补) the staff with the stripes used as bandages.
to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old)

= + + : Sir Lancelot (l) accidentally leaked (漏) a ghost (尸) from a water bottle (氵) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). Promptly the ghosts starts to have it rain (雨) all over the place to annoy the people.
surname Chi

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) arrived late (迟) at the space station's entrance (Ø2). He used tape measures (尺) as laces for his gladiator sandals (辶), but they got all messed up so that Charlie was stumpling a lot on his way to the space station's entrance.
late / delayed / slow

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) arrived late (迟) at the space station's entrance (Ø2). He used tape measures (尺) as laces for his gladiator sandals (辶), but they got all messed up so that Charlie was stumpling a lot on his way to the space station's entrance.

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