忆苦思甜

Traditional form:

憶苦思甜

Pinyin (reading):

yìkǔsītián

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 忆 - to remember, to reflect upon; memory
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 甜 - sweet, sweetness

Traditional characters:

• 憶 - to remember, to reflect upon; memory
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 甜 - sweet, sweetness