長痛不如短痛

See also: 长痛不如短痛

Chinese

	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	ache; pain; sorrow	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	lack; short	ache; pain; sorrow
trad. (長痛不如短痛)	長	痛	不如	短	痛
simp. (长痛不如短痛)	长	痛	不如	短	痛
Literally: “Long[-term] pain is not as good as short[-term] pain.”

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ tung³ bat¹ jyu⁴ dyun² tung³

長痛不如短痛

It is better to suffer short-term pain so that one will not have to suffer long-term pain; it is better to just get it over with, rather than prolong the agony.

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