痛定思痛

Chinese

		ache; pain; sorrow	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilise; to order	to think; to consider	ache; pain; sorrow
simp. and trad. (痛定思痛)		痛	定	思	痛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tòngdìngsītòng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄊㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ ding⁶ si¹ tung³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tòngdìngsītòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄊㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqdinqsytonq
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung³ ding⁶ si¹ tung³
  - Yale: tung dihng sī tung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ ding⁶ si¹ tung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung³ ding⁶ xi¹ tung³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ tɪŋ²² siː⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³³/

Idiom

痛定思痛

to recall one's painful experience after the sorrow has passed, often to learn a lesson from the bitter experience

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