教训

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 这次失败给了我深刻的教训。▶ —
   This failure gave me a profound lesson.
2. 我们要吸取教训。▶ —
   We must learn from the lesson.

Collocations

Mnemonic

教 jiào "to teach" + 训 xùn "to instruct": both mean "teach"; a lesson learned from experience. 训 has 讠 "speech".

Related

Quick check

1. What does 吸取教训 mean?

   • to learn from a lesson
   • to ignore a lesson
   • to teach a lesson
   • to sell a lesson