(lit.) once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying); (fig.) once bitten, twice shy
trad. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩
Also written 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩【yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng】
Characters in this word
10一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
朝
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abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
- Pinyin
- Cháo
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2332 of 2500
被
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quilt, to cover (with), (literary) to suffer (a misfortune), used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb), (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- Pinyin
- bèi
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 63 of 2500
蛇
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variant of 蛇[she2]
- Pinyin
- shé
- Traditional
- 虵
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3006 of 2500
咬
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to bite, to nip
- Pinyin
- yǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1718 of 2500
十
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ten, 10
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4521 of 2500
年
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surname Nian
- Pinyin
- Nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 249 of 2500
怕
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surname Pa
- Pinyin
- Pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 785 of 2500
井
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Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy, surname Jing
- Pinyin
- Jǐng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 11654 of 2500
绳
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rope, CL:根[gen1]
- Pinyin
- shéng
- Traditional
- 繩
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 16971 of 2500