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教训

jiào xun

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 教訓 Measure word 番、顿

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…