忆苦思甜 (yì kǔ sī tián) — to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom) · Chinese · Nantoka

yì kǔ sī tián

Traditional: 憶苦思甜

忆苦思甜 (yì kǔ sī tián) is a Chinese word meaning “to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)”.

Meanings

1to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)

Characters in 忆苦思甜

忆yì · to recollect 苦kǔ · bitter 思sī · to think 甜tián · sweet

Related words

意思idea 不好意思to feel embarrassed 甜sweet 痛苦pain 有意思interesting 记忆to remember; to recall 不可思议(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable 思考to reflect on 回忆to recall 思想thought 辛苦exhausting 苦bitter

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