Chinese–English
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng · yi nian bei she yao shi nian pa jing sheng
Traditional 一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (idiom)
- fig. once bitten, twice shy
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