吃一堑，长一智
Traditional form:
吃一塹，長一智
Pinyin (reading):
chīyīqiàn,zhǎngyīzhì
Definitions:
- Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
Characters:
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 堑 - moat, pit, trench; cavity
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 智 - wisdom, knowledge, intelligence
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