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长痛不如短痛
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Collocation
1
既然长痛不如短痛
2
还是长痛不如短痛
3
所以长痛不如短痛
4
俗话说，长痛不如短痛
Definition
长痛不如短痛
Literally means:
would rather suffer the acute pain for a short while than a mild pain for a long time
Actually means:
don't procrastinate
The phase is used to advise people to solve their problems now.
Don't procrastinate because the problem will not go away just because you put it off to another day.
要一时的苦痛而不要长期的苦痛。
比喻有麻烦或有问题拖着不解决必将长期遭受苦痛，因此必须痛下决心及时了断。多用于劝告别人及时彻底解决问题。
Example
Used as a minor sentence, or as predicate or object. (作小句、谓语、宾语)
1
Tā
她
yáténg
牙疼
hǎojiǔ
好久
le
了
,
téng
疼
qǐlai
起来
fēicháng
非常
nánshòu
难受
,
péngyou
朋友
quàn
劝
tā
她
shuō
说
,
cháng
长
tòng
痛
bùrú
不如
duǎn
短
tòng
痛
,
gāncuì
干脆
bǎ
把
huài
坏
de
的
yáchǐ
牙齿
bádiào
拔掉
suàn
算
le
了
。
Her toothache for a long time, pain up very uncomfortable, friends advised her that long pain is not as short pain, simply pull out the bad teeth.
2
Zhè
这
tái
台
diànnǎo
电脑
bùduàn
不断
chūmáobìng
出毛病
,
dāndān
单单
xiūlǐfèi
修理费
jiù
就
huā
花
le
了
hǎo
好
jǐbǎi
几百
,
háishi
还是
cháng
长
tòng
痛
bùrú
不如
duǎn
短
tòng
痛
,
bǎ
把
tā
它
màidiào
卖掉
zài
再
tiē
贴
xiē
些
qián
钱
mǎi
买
tái
台
xīn
新
de
的
bā
吧
。
This computer is constantly in trouble, repair costs alone cost hundreds, or long pain is not as short pain, sell it and then paste some money to buy a new bar.
3
Súhuàshuō
俗话说
,
cháng
长
tòng
痛
bùrú
不如
duǎn
短
tòng
痛
。
Tā
她
zhège
这个
bìng
病
chīyào
吃药
xiàoguǒ
效果
bù
不
míngxiǎn
明显
,
zhèyàng
这样
tuō
拖
zhāo
着
bú
不
shi
是
bànfǎ
办法
,
zuò
做
gè
个
shǒushù
手术
,
yěxǔ
也许
néng
能
gēnzhì
根治
。
As the saying goes, long pain is not as good as short pain. Her disease is not obvious effect, so drag is not the way, do an operation, perhaps can cure.