hek3 jat1 cim3 ，zoeng2 jat1 zi3吃一塹，長一智吃一堑，长一智
Jyutpinghek3 jat1 cim3 ，zoeng2 jat1 zi3
Yalehek yāt chim ，zéung yāt ji

Definition

Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.

Tone guide

T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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下挫
haa6 co3(of sales, prices etc) to fall; decline
犬夜叉
hyun2 je6 caa1Inuyasha, fictional character
愆尤
hin1 jau4crime; fault
行路打倒褪
haang4 lou6 daa2 dou2 tan3(literally: walking backwards); to suffer a misfortune; to have rotten luck
黑市
hak1 si5black market
許地山许地山
heoi2 dei6 saan1Xu Dishan (1893-1941), journalist, publisher and novelist
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