忆苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián

recall past hardship, cherish present life

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 62422nd word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
忆 yì HSK 4
to remember; memory; to recollect
苦 kǔ HSK 4
bitter; to suffer; hardship
思 sī HSK 2
to think; to consider
甜 tián HSK 3
sweet