忆苦思甜 — Chinese idiom
忆苦思甜
yì kǔ sī tián
Traditional: 憶苦思甜
Meaning
- to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy
Character by character
- 忆yìto remember, to reflect upon; memory
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
- 甜tiánsweet, sweetness
Idioms sharing a character
- 记忆犹新 jì yì yóu xīn
- 不胜其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ
- 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
- 备尝辛苦 bèi cháng xīn kǔ
- 刻苦耐劳 kè kǔ nài láo
- 千辛万苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ
- 叫苦不迭 jiào kǔ bu dié
- 叫苦连天 jiào kǔ lián tiān
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ
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