chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì

Traditional: 吃一塹，長一智

吃一堑，长一智 (chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì) is a Chinese word meaning “Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.”.

Meanings

  1. 1Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.

Characters in 吃一堑，长一智

吃chī · to eat; to consume一yī · one堑qiàn · (bound form) moat; chasm长cháng · long一yī · one智zhì · (literary) wise; wisdom

Related words

一one一个a; an; one一起(in) the same place一样same吃to eat; to consume吃variant of 吃[chi1]一下(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)一直straight (in a straight line)一切everything一点a bit; a little bit一定surely; certainly; definitely第一first

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