English translation for "吃一堑"

a fall into the pit a gain in your wit
a fox may grow gray but never good

Related Translations:

吃一堑长一智:  a fall into a pit a gain in your wita fall into the pit a gain in your witonce bitten，twice shy

Example Sentences:

	1.	The divorce left him a sadder but a wiser man . 他离婚是吃一堑长一智。
	2.	A man must become wise at his own experience 经一事要长一智。 /吃一堑，长一智。
	3.	The divorce left him a sadder but a wiser man 他离婚是吃一堑长一智
	4.	You live and learn - it would have been cheaper to buy a new one 吃一堑，长一智? ?还不如买台新的便宜！
	5.	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。 ”
	6.	A fall into the pit , a gain in your wit . / a stumble may prevent a fall 小踬防大跌. /小惩大戒. /吃一堑,长一智
	7.	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。
	8.	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。

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