教训

教訓

jiàoxun

noun HSK 4 #2,159

Meanings

1 lesson (learned from experience)
2 moral
3 to lecture someone; to teach a lesson

Characters

to train; to lecture

Teach + lecture = a lesson learned, often from a painful experience.

Examples

这次失败给了他一个教训。

Zhè cì shībài gěi le tā yī ge jiàoxun.

This failure taught him a lesson.

我们要吸取教训。

Wǒmen yào xīqǔ jiàoxun.

We should learn from this lesson.

妈妈教训了他一顿。

Māma jiàoxun le tā yī dùn.

Mom gave him a good talking-to.

Tips

usage

As a noun: 吸取教训 = draw a lesson from experience. As a verb: 教训某人 = to lecture/scold someone.

Stroke Order

教 jiāo

训 xùn