(lit.) break one's arm three times to become a good doctor (idiom); (fig.) experience is a good teacher
trad. 三折肱為良醫
Also written 三折肱為良醫【sān zhé gōng wéi liáng yī】
Characters in this word
6三
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surname San
- Pinyin
- Sān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 849 of 2500
折
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to snap, to break (a stick, a bone etc), (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
- Pinyin
- shé
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 13237 of 2500
肱
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upper arm, arm
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 8
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
良
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good, very, very much
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 34938 of 2500
医
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medical, medicine, doctor, to cure, to treat
- Pinyin
- yī
- Traditional
- 醫
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 35751 of 2500