教训 jiàoxùn▶ lección

Stroke order

教训 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 教 — 11 strokes
• 训 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid
2. a talking-to; a bitter lesson

Related words

• 培训Tren
• 教材material didáctico
• 教练entrenador
• 训练entrenamiento
• 宗教religión
• 教养entrenar; crianza; educación

教训 is pronounced jiàoxùn and means “lección”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 教训 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.