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傷弓之鳥 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Bad Experience, Caution Lingers

A bird wounded by an arrow

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 shāng gōng zhī niǎo
 shou kyuu no tori
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Bad Experience, Caution Lingers Scroll

傷弓之鳥 means “bird wounded by an arrow.”

Figuratively, this refers to a wounded or damaged person. It's very similar to the western proverb, “a person once bitten is twice shy.” To explain further, this is about someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience.

This phrase is used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

傷弓之鳥

伤弓之鸟

see styles		 shāng gōng zhī niǎo
    shang1 gong1 zhi1 niao3
shang kung chih niao
 shoukyuunotori / shokyunotori
    しょうきゅうのとり

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Bad Experience, Caution Lingers
see 驚弓之鳥|惊弓之鸟[jing1 gong1 zhi1 niao3]
(exp,n) (idiom) (yoji) (person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience

Variations:
傷弓の鳥
傷弓之鳥

see styles		  shoukyuunotori / shokyunotori
    しょうきゅうのとり		 (exp,n) (rare) (idiom) (yoji) (person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Bad Experience, Caution Lingers傷弓之鳥
伤弓之鸟		shou kyuu no tori
shoukyuunotori
sho kyu no tori		shāng gōng zhī niǎo
shang1 gong1 zhi1 niao3
shang gong zhi niao
shanggongzhiniao		shang kung chih niao
shangkungchihniao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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