[ tòngdìngsītòng ] recall past pain -- as a warning for the future; bring home the lessons painfully learned; draw a lesson from a bitter experience; recall a painful experience; recall the past with pangs in the heart; reflect [ponder] sufferings and pains after they are gone; take one's painful experience to heart; think over the reason after this bitter lesson
Example Sentences:
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The crises of individuals, like the crises of nations, are not realized until they are over . 个人的危机也像国家的危机一样，要等到事过境迁，才能痛定思痛。
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I think british tv only found its “ recipe for success ” after it was shaken up by the challenge mounted by the commercial tv networks on the bbc 我想，英国电视台是在它的地位被动摇后? ?在商业电视网络的挑战落到英国广播公司bbc时，它才痛定思痛，找到“成功秘诀” 。
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According to the running mechanism of economy , the economic policy enforced by african countries can be divided into two kinds : the economic policy under " state interference " and the market - oriented economic policy 痛定思痛，吸取教训，才能避免再走弯路。因此，本文拟对非洲国家1的经济政策做一些分析，并对非洲经济政策的制定提出一些政策建议。
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Since falling down to earth from the stratosphere and cyberspace a year before , the king of heaven had managed to start a mobile fast food stall business , selling " heavenking " hot dogs up and down town 字样的袍子。自从一年前了魔似的换上了那袭科技袍子，从平流层跌入网域，再跌到凡间，玉皇大帝便痛定思痛，脚踏实地，开始在街头叫卖招牌的heavenking热狗过日子。
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Aries still remember when year begging and receiving interview by e - fesco magazine aries told readers about new year wishes , including love aspects and career aspect , he almost fulfilled career one but love aspects is a little bit different and didn ' t “ hold her hands and watch the red leaf in autumn together ” but the god of love didn ' t forget aries in 2007 , and give him opportunity to meet excellent gal , but somehow aries is too young and didn ' t cherish well , after a painful twisting and self - blame , aries decide to achieve love wishes in 2008 在年初接受《外服时代》杂志采访时，永洁表达了事业和爱情两方面的新年愿望，其中事业部分基本达成，爱情部分少有出入，并没有牵着她的手一起欣赏秋天的枫叶，事实上，爱情之神在2007年并未将永洁遗忘，生命中也遇到清清杨婉一般的女子，怎奈永洁同学年少气盛，不懂得珍惜，错失良缘，在一番痛定思痛，没有一番寒彻骨哪得梅花扑鼻香的自我检讨与谴责后，永洁同学下定决心在2008年达成心愿。
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The article analysis from the subjectivedesire and objective fortune of simaqian , the reasons of shi ji ' s writingincludes two aspects the first is the awareness deepening of grievances about individual fortune afterrethinking of hard fate ; the second is the faith from the writing of shi ji to get some achievements 文章从司马迁创作的主观愿望和客观遭遇看认为《史记》的“发愤著书”包括两个方面：一是在个人遭际的怨愤基础上痛定思痛之后思想认识的深化，二是希望有所作为的发奋著书的信念。
