懲羹吹齏

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Chinese

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punish; discipline soup
to blow; blast; puff
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
 
fragment; spices
trad. (懲羹吹齏/懲羹吹虀) /
simp. (惩羹吹齑)
Literally: “Once burnt by hot soup, one would blow at cold food”.

Etymology

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不變 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
不变 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
Chénggēng zhě ér chuī jī xī, hé bùbiàn cǐ zhì yě? [Pinyin]
If a person gets burnt by hot soup, he would blow at cold food. Why do you still not change your ambition?

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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懲羹吹齏

  1. (literary) once bitten, twice shy

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