懲羹吹齏

惩羹吹齑
chénggēngchuījī
  1. (literary) once bitten, twice shy
  2. once bitten, twice shy

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 懲 chéng
  1. to punish
  2. to reprimand
  3. to warn
2 羹 gēng thick soup
=3 吹 chuī
  1. to blow
  2. to play a wind instrument
  3. to blast
  4. to puff
  5. to boast
  6. to brag
  7. to end in failure
  8. to fall through
=3 吹 chuì
  1. (literary) wind
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) wind instruments; music performed with wind instruments
  3. wind
  4. wind instruments; music performed with wind instruments
4 齏 jī
  1. finely chopped meat or vegetables
  2. powdered or fragmentary