吃 一堑 长 一智。
A fall in pit, a gain in your wit.
A：这次网购很不成功，你看，这件衣服质量太差了，根本不能穿。
B：吃一堑长一智，以后别在这家店买了。
A: It’s a quite unsuccessful online shopping, look, this coat is of very low quality, and I can’t even put it on.
B: A fall in pit, a gain in your wit. Never buy any clothes in this online store again.
The word”Qiàn（堑）” here refers to the difficulty and hardness to do something, while the word “Zhì（智）” contains the meaning of intelligence and experience. The expression of “Chī yíqiàn zhǎnɡ yízhì（吃一堑长一智）” means that people would gain some lessons and experience in their failures, thus they may own the ability to deal with similar matters. People often say this when others or they themselves are suffering failures to make a comfort.
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