吸取教训 meaning in English

xīqǔjiàoxun

to draw a lesson (from a setback)

Traditional 吸取教訓30 strokes

Meaning of 吸取教训

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xīqǔjiàoxun
  1. to draw a lesson (from a setback)

吸取教训 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ希xī望wàng汤tāng姆mǔ已yǐ经jīng吸xī取qǔ教jiào训xùn了le。
I hope Tom has learned his lesson.
你nǐ必bì须xū从cóng失shī败bài中zhōng吸xī取qǔ教jiào训xùn。
You must learn from mistakes.
不bú要yào沉chén迷mí于yú过guò去qù,而ér是shì要yào从cóng中zhōng吸xī取qǔ教jiào训xùn。
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
人rén要yào从cóng狗gǒu猛měng酒jiǔ酸suān的de典diǎn故gù中zhōng吸xī取qǔ教jiào训xùn。
One must learn a lesson from the difficult situations and bad conditions in one's life.

Stroke order for each character

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吸 xī · to breathe · 6 strokes

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取 qǔ · to take · 8 strokes

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教 jiāo · to teach · 11 strokes

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训 xùn · to teach · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 吸取教训.

教学楼jiàoxuélóuschool building; academic building
教育jiàoyùto educate; to teach
取得qǔdéto acquire; to get; to obtain
教师jiàoshīteacher
教室jiàoshìclassroom
教学jiàoxuéto teach
训练xùnliànto train; to drill
取消qǔxiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
采取cǎiqǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
教练jiàoliànto coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位[wei4],名[ming2])
争取zhēngqǔto fight for; to strive for
请教qǐngjiàoto ask for guidance; to consult

Questions about 吸取教训

What does 吸取教训 mean?

吸取教训 (xīqǔjiàoxun) means "to draw a lesson (from a setback)".

How do you write 吸取教训?

吸取教训 is made of 4 characters: 吸 (6 strokes), 取 (8 strokes), 教 (11 strokes), 训 (5 strokes). That is 30 strokes in total.

How is 吸取教训 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 吸取教训 is written 吸取教訓.