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教训

jiào xun

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 教訓 Measure word 番、顿

教训 (jiào xun) means "a lesson (learned from a mistake)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 教训 means

1. to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid
2. a talking-to; a bitter lesson

The characters in 教训

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 训xùnto teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings…

Example sentences

• 记好了这教训。
  Jì hǎo le zhè jiàoxun.
  Keep this lesson in mind.
• 他想给他点教训。
  Tā xiǎng gěi tā diǎn jiàoxun.
  He wants to teach him a lesson.
• 汤姆会被他老爸教训的。
  Tāngmǔ huì bèi tā lǎobà jiàoxun de.
  Tom will be scolded by his father.
• 你必须从失败中吸取教训。
  Nǐ bìxū cóng shībài zhōng xīqǔ jiàoxun.
  You must learn from mistakes.
• 我希望汤姆已经吸取教训了。
  Wǒ xīwàng Tāngmǔ yǐjīng xīqǔ jiàoxun le.
  I hope Tom has learned his lesson.
• 他告诉了我们许多经验教训。
  He told us many lessons.

Words containing 教训

• 吸取教训xī qǔ jiào xunto draw a lesson (from a setback)
• 生聚教训shēng jù jiào xùnto increase the population, amass wealth, and teach the people to be faithful to the…

Where 教训 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of School, Education & Training (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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