吃亏长见识吃虧長見識吃虧長見識

suffering a loss grows your knowledge

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: You learn from being taken advantage of or making mistakes. Often a consolation. Like "Live and learn."

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Simplified: 吃亏长见识
Traditional (Taiwan): 吃虧長見識
Pinyin: chīkuī zhǎngjiànshi
Bopomofo: ㄔㄎㄨㄟㄓㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄕ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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吃(chī)亏(kuī)suffer losses

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