Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
trad. 吃一塹，長一智
Also written 吃一塹，長一智【chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì】
Characters in this word
5吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 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
堑
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(bound form) moat; chasm
- Pinyin
- qiàn
- Traditional
- 塹
- Strokes
- 11
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
智
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(literary) wise; wisdom
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 32869 of 2500