A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident.
Mandarin
她推迟了去墨西哥的行程。
她推遲了去墨西哥的行程。
tā tuī chí le qù mò xī gē de xíng chéng 。
She put off going to Mexico.
She postponed her trip to Mexico.
Mandarin
太迟了。
太遲了。
tài chí le 。
Too late.
Mandarin
我肯定忘了带雨伞,但现在已经太迟了。
我肯定忘了帶雨傘,但現在已經太遲了。
wǒ kěn dìng wàng le dài yǔ sǎn , dàn xiàn zài yǐ jīng tài chí le 。
I must have forgotten my umbrella, but it's too late now.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
例如进攻某一运动中之敌,打早了,暴露了自己,给了敌人以预防条件;打迟了,敌已集中驻止,变为啃硬骨头。
例如進攻某一運動中之敵,打早了,暴露了自己,給了敵人以預防條件;打遲了,敵已集中駐止,變為啃硬骨頭。
lì rú jìn gōng mǒu yī yùn dòng zhōng zhī dí , dǎ zǎo le , bào lù le zì jǐ , gěi le dí rén yǐ yù fáng tiáo jiàn ; dǎ chí le , dí yǐ jí zhōng zhù zhǐ , biàn wéi kěn yìng gǔ tou .
For example, in attacking an enemy force on the move, if we strike too early, we expose ourselves and give the enemy a chance to prepare, and if we strike too late, the enemy may have encamped and concentrated his forces, presenting us with a hard nut to crack.