忆苦思甜 yìkǔsītián to recall the past and value the present Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 忆苦思甜 憶苦思甜 yìkǔsītián to recall the past and value the present to contrast the misery of the past (often specifically the pre-1949 "old society") with the happiness of the present; to reflect on past sufferings so as to better appreciate the hard-won happiness of life in the new society Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.563 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
忆苦思甜 憶苦思甜 yìkǔsītián to recall the past and value the present to contrast the misery of the past (often specifically the pre-1949 "old society") with the happiness of the present; to reflect on past sufferings so as to better appreciate the hard-won happiness of life in the new society Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.563 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
