痛定思痛 — Chinese idiom
痛定思痛
tòng dìng sī tòng
Meaning
- to think of the pain when the pain is gone
- to ponder about a painful experience
Character by character
- 痛tòngache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
- 定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite,
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
- 痛tòngache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
Idioms sharing a character
- 不痛不痒 bù tòng bù yǎng
- 创巨痛深 chuāng jù tòng shēn
- 悲痛欲绝 bēi tòng yù jué
- 深恶痛绝 shēn wù tòng jué
- 无关痛痒 wú guān tòng yǎng
- 痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu
- 痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi
- 迎头痛击 yíng tóu tòng jī
- 头痛欲裂 tóu tòng yù liè
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
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