to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom); once bitten, twice shy
trad. 上一次當，學一次乖
Also written 上一次當，學一次乖【shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi】
Characters in this word
6上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
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
次
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next in sequence, second, the second (day, time etc), secondary, vice-, sub-, infra-, inferior quality, substandard, order, sequence, hypo- (chemistry), classifier for enumerated events: time
- Pinyin
- cì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1400 of 2500
当
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(onom.) dong, ding dong (bell)
- Pinyin
- dāng
- Traditional
- 噹
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 145 of 2500
学
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to learn, to study, to imitate, science, -ology
- Pinyin
- xué
- Traditional
- 學
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1934 of 2500
乖
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(of a child) obedient, well-behaved, clever, shrewd, alert, perverse, contrary to reason, irregular, abnormal
- Pinyin
- guāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2762 of 2500