忆苦思甜
yì kǔ sī tián
Pinyin

Definition

忆苦思甜
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yì kǔ sī tián
  1. to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
思念
sī niàn
  1. 1 to think of
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to miss
思想
sī xiǎng
  1. 1 thought
  2. 2 thinking
  3. 3 idea
  4. 4 ideology
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
思考
sī kǎo
  1. 1 to reflect on
  2. 2 to ponder over
意思
yì si
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 meaning
  4. 4 wish
  5. 5 desire
  6. 6 interest
  7. 7 fun
  8. 8 token of appreciation, affection etc
  9. 9 CL:個|个[gè]
  10. 10 to give as a small token
  11. 11 to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
甜
tián
  1. 1 sweet
甜蜜
tián mì
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 happy
痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
苦
kǔ
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 hardship
  3. 3 pain
  4. 4 to suffer
  5. 5 to bring suffering to
  6. 6 painstakingly
辛苦
xīn kǔ
  1. 1 exhausting
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 tough
  4. 4 arduous
  5. 5 to work hard
  6. 6 to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7 hardship(s)
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable
何苦
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?
刻苦
kè kǔ
  1. 1 hardworking
  2. 2 assiduous
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
反思
fǎn sī
  1. 1 to think back over sth
  2. 2 to review
  3. 3 to revisit
  4. 4 to rethink
  5. 5 reflection
  6. 6 reassessment
受苦
shòu kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer hardship
吃苦
chī kǔ
  1. 1 to bear hardships
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
心思
xīn si
  1. 1 mind
  2. 2 thoughts
  3. 3 inclination
  4. 4 mood
思
sī
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to consider

Idioms (20)

一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
  2. 2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
  1. 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
  2. 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining
吃苦耐劳
chī kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
  1. 1 shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
  2. 2 for better or for worse
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
  2. 2 to bear one's cross
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
嘴甜心苦
zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
  1. 1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery

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