忆苦思甜

yìkǔsītián

recall the sorrows of the past and savour the joys of the present; tell of one's sufferings in the old society and one's happiness in the new; contrast past misery with present happiness

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yi4 ku3 si1 tian2

to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)

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忆苦思甜

yì kǔ sī tián

recall one's sufferings in the old society and contrast them with the happiness in the new; bittersweet memory; call to mind one's past sufferings and think over the source of the present happiness; compare one's happy life in the new society with one's misery in the old; contrast past misery with present happiness; recall one's family's suffering in the old days and tell of one's happy life in the new society; recall past miseries and speak of present happiness; recall past suffering and think over the source of present happiness; recall the past bitterness in contrast to one's present happiness; relate the bitterness of the old society and to savour the sweetness of the new; speak of one's past sufferings and present happy life; tell about one's bitter past and the happy life today

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憶苦思甜|忆苦思甜 [yì kǔ sī tián] ► to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)