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 CL:個|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
jué dìng
  1. 1 to decide (to do something)
  2. 2 to resolve
  3. 3 decision
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],項|项[xiàng]
  5. 5 certainly
dàn dìng
  1. 1 calm and collected
  2. 2 unperturbed
tòng
  1. 1 ache
  2. 2 pain
  3. 3 sorrow
  4. 4 deeply
  5. 5 thoroughly
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
bǎng dìng
  1. 1 binding (loanword)
  2. 2 to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
kěn dìng
  1. 1 to be certain
  2. 2 to be positive
  3. 3 assuredly
  4. 4 definitely
  5. 5 to give recognition
  6. 6 to affirm
  7. 7 affirmative (answer)
zhù dìng
  1. 1 to foreordain
  2. 2 to be bound to
  3. 3 to be destined to
  4. 4 to be doomed to
  5. 5 inevitably
bù yī dìng
  1. 1 not necessarily
  2. 2 maybe
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable
bù dìng
  1. 1 indefinite
  2. 2 indeterminate
  3. 3 (botany) adventitious
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
Bǎo dìng
  1. 1 Baoding prefecture-level city in Hebei
shāng tòng
  1. 1 pain (from wound)
  2. 2 sorrow
zhì dìng
  1. 1 to draw up
  2. 2 to formulate
cì tòng
  1. 1 stab of pain
  2. 2 sting
  3. 3 fig. stimulus to action
  4. 4 a prick

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
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable
不痛不痒
bù tòng bù yǎng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what
  2. 2 fig. not getting to any matter of substance
  3. 3 scratching the surface
  4. 4 superficial
  5. 5 perfunctory
人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
  1. 1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
创巨痛深
chuāng jù tòng shēn
  1. 1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
尘埃落定
chén āi luò dìng
  1. 1 lit. the dust has settled (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get sorted out
  3. 3 to be finalized
孝思不匮
xiào sī bù kuì
  1. 1 to be forever filial (idiom)
定于一尊
dìng yú yī zūn
  1. 1 (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
  2. 2 to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
居安思危
jū ān sī wēi
  1. 1 to think of danger in times of safety
  2. 2 to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
居无定所
jū wú dìng suǒ
  1. 1 to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
强忍悲痛
qiáng rěn bēi tòng
  1. 1 to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)

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