to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid · a talking-to; a bitter lesson · CL:番 fān, dùn

jiào xun

j+iào·4th tonex+ün·neutral tone

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Tom will be scolded by his father.

汤姆会被他老爸教训的。

He told us many lessons.

他告诉了我们许多经验教训。

You must learn from mistakes.

你必须从失败中吸取教训。

Never live in the past but always learn from it.

不要沉迷于过去，而是要从中吸取教训。

I hope that Tom has learned his lesson.

我希望汤姆已经吸取教训了。

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