等到

děng dào nà shí hou jiù wǎn le

等到那时候就晚了。

By then it will be too late.

děng dào xià xīng qī qíng kuàng jiù qīng chu le

等到下星期，情况就清楚了。

It will become clearer next week.

děng dào wǒ men gǎn dào tā men yǐ jīng zǒu le

等到我们赶到，他们已经走了。

They had left when we arrived.

děng dào tóu fa bái

等到头发白

wait until one's hair turns white

wǒ men yào děng dào tā lái

我们要等到他来。

We shall wait until he comes.

nǐ bù huì xiǎng děng dào wéi shí guò wǎn cái zài qù zuò xiē shén me

你不会想等到为时过晚才再去做些什么。

You don't want to wait until it's too late to do something.