痛定思痛 tòngdìngsītòng to learn from a painful lesson Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 痛定思痛 tòngdìngsītòng to learn from a painful lesson (idiom) to ponder a past painful experience after the initial shock or pain has subsided, so as to draw lessons from it or avoid future mistakes Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.811 per million Cross-References Antonym 至死不悟 zhìsǐbùwù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
痛定思痛 tòngdìngsītòng to learn from a painful lesson (idiom) to ponder a past painful experience after the initial shock or pain has subsided, so as to draw lessons from it or avoid future mistakes Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.811 per million Cross-References Antonym 至死不悟 zhìsǐbùwù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)