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What does 教训 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

教训 jiàoxùn

lesson; moral

It can also mean

  • to teach a lesson; to lecture

Its characters

  1. 教 jiào to teach
  2. 训 xùn to teach

In a sentence

这次失败给了我一个教训。 This failure taught me a lesson.

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