to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
trad. 憶苦思甜
Also written 憶苦思甜【yì kǔ sī tián】
Characters in this word
4忆
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to recollect, to remember, memory
- Pinyin
- yì
- Traditional
- 憶
- Strokes
- 4
苦
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bitter, hardship, pain, to suffer, to bring suffering to, painstakingly
- Pinyin
- kǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5535 of 2500
思
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to think, to consider
- Pinyin
- sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 11952 of 2500
甜
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sweet, (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
- Pinyin
- tián
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 5740 of 2500