「長痛不如短痛」
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| Pronunciation： | coeng4 tung3 bat1 jyu4 dyun2 tung3 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
長 to grow; long; length; strong point; merit; specialty 痛 painful; aching; extremely; deeply; bitterly; emotionally 不 no; negator; not 如 for example; in case of; in event of; for instance; such as; like; as if 短 short; (of length) short; (of time) short; weak; deficient 痛 painful; aching; extremely; deeply; bitterly; emotionally |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
it's better to endure pain in the short-term than to suffer long-term; to act decisively to end a problem; literally: long-term pain is worse than short-term pain
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