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痛定思痛

Mandarin · pinyin tòng dìng sī tòng

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4–4–1–4 · tong4 ding4 si1 tong4

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tung3 ding6 si1 tung3

Cantonese word readings for 痛定思痛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(idiomatic) to recall one's painful experience after the sorrow has passed, often to learn a lesson from the bitter experience