不长一智 meaning in English
it is good fishing in troubled waters
Examples
- I never would have thought of bringing anything like that. we learn by experience, don't we ?
我一向就没有想到带这类东西。不经一事，不长一智，是不是？ - By ignorance we mistake , and by mistakes we learn
因无知而犯错误，因错误而长见识。 /不经一事，不长一智。