痛定思痛

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Chinese

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

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痛定思痛

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