长痛不如短痛 in English chang2 tong4 bu4 ru2 duan3 tong4 Meaning

Meanings

• better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony

Pinyin

chang2 tong4 bu4 ru2 duan3 tong4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

长zhang3length 痛tong4ache 不bu4(negative prefix) 如ru2as 短duan3short 痛tong4ache