痛定思痛 tòng dìng sī tòng

to ponder about a painful experience

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 65317th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to ponder about a painful experience
  2. 2. to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
pain; ache; sorrow
to decide; to determine; to set
to think; to consider
pain; ache; sorrow