吃一堑长一智 meaning in English
a fall into a pit a gain in your wit
a fall into the pit a gain in your wit
once bitten，twice shy
Examples
- The divorce left him a sadder but a wiser man .
他离婚是吃一堑长一智。 - The divorce left him a sadder but a wiser man
他离婚是吃一堑长一智 - Jin zhu : " yes i know , i will protect my ear the next time .
锦竹： “吃一堑长一智，下次我可要保护好我的耳朵。 ” - 4 the ability to expect the unexpected should be considered something of a virtue for public officials
人类在遭受到同样的灾难时总是吃一堑长一智的，大自然为了使人类能够学会未雨绸缪而制造了诸多的灾难。 - After he fails , he draws his lessons , corrects his ideas to make them correspond to the laws of the external world , and can thus turn failure into success ; this is what is meant by " failure is the mother of success " and " a fall into the pit , a gain in your wit "
人们经过失败之后，也就从失败取得教训，改正自己的思想使之适合于外界的规律性，人们就能变失败为胜利，所谓“失败者成功之母” ， “吃一堑长一智” ，就是这个道理。