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忆苦思甜

yì kǔ sī tián

4-character word Traditional 憶苦思甜

What 忆苦思甜 means

1. to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)

The characters in 忆苦思甜

• 忆yìto recollect; to remember; memory
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 思sīto think; to consider
• 甜tiánsweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely

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