痛定思痛
tòng dìng sī tòng
Pinyin

Definition

痛定思痛
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tòng dìng sī tòng
  1. to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom)
  2. to ponder about a painful experience

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī dìng
  1. 1 surely
  2. 2 certainly
  3. 3 necessarily
  4. 4 fixed
  5. 5 a certain (extent etc)
  6. 6 given
  7. 7 particular
  8. 8 must
sī niàn
  1. 1 to think of
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to miss
sī kǎo
  1. 1 to reflect on
  2. 2 to ponder over
yì si
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 meaning
  4. 4 wish
  5. 5 desire
  6. 6 interest
  7. 7 fun
  8. 8 token of appreciation, affection etc
  9. 9 classifier: 个 gè
  10. 10 to give as a small token
  11. 11 to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
gǎo dìng
  1. 1 to fix
  2. 2 to settle
  3. 3 to wangle

Idioms (20)

一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip