教训

jiào xun · jiao xun

Traditional 教訓

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid
  2. a talking-to; a bitter lesson
  3. CL:番 (fān),頓 / 顿 (dùn)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)会(huì)被(bèi)他(tā)老(lǎo)爸(bà)教(jiào)训(xun)的(de)。

Tom will be scolded by his father.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)次(cì)失(shī)败(bài)给(gěi)了(le)我(wǒ)一(yí)个(gè)深(shēn)刻(kè)的(de)教(jiào)训(xun)。

This failure taught me a profound lesson.

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