Lingaku- once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (idiom)
- fig. once bitten, twice shy
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- once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
This expression is used to convey that after experiencing a negative or harmful event, a person is likely to be cautious and fearful in similar situations in the future.
He was bitten by a dog when he was young, so he gets scared whenever he sees a dog.
wǒ我dì yī cì第一次Zuò坐fēi jī飞机shí时hěn很jǐn zhāng紧张，xiàn zài现在suī rán虽然bù pà不怕，dàn但kàn dào看到fēi jī飞机hái shi还是huì会xiǎng qǐ想起Nā那cì次jīng lì经历。
I was very nervous the first time I flew; now I'm not afraid, but I still think about that experience when I see a plane.
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yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳once bitten, twice shyhòu huǐ mò jí后悔莫及too late to regretbù pà yī wàn , jiù pà wàn yī不怕一万，就怕万一it's not the thousands that one fears, but the one in a millionxīn yǒu yú jì心有余悸a lingering fearxiǎo xīn小心shǐ驶dé得Wàn nián万年chuán船caution will keep you safe in the long runshé蛇yǎo咬yī kǒu一口，shí十Nián年Pà怕shéng绳once bitten by a snake, ten years fearing a ropexī qǔ jiào xun吸取教训to learn a lessonjǐng zhōng警钟cháng长míng鸣to keep the alarm bell ringingdī fang提防wēi xiǎn危险to guard against dangershēn shòu深受jiào xun教训to have learned a painful lessonyīn yē fèi shí因噎废食to stop doing something due to an earlier mishapzài jiē zài lì再接再厉to keep trying despite past failures