a burnt child dreads the fire

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• Bengali: ঘর পোড়া গরু সিঁদুরে মেঘ দেখে ডরায় (ghor pōṛa goru śĩdure megh dekhe ḍoraẏ) — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Chinese Mandarin: 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩 /一朝被蛇咬 — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Chinese Mandarin: 十年怕井绳 (yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo, shí nián pà jǐng shéng) — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Danish: brændt barn skyr ilden — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Finnish: palanut lapsi karttaa tulta — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• French: chat échaudé craint l'eau froide — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Galician: cos escarmentados fanse os avisados — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• German: ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Greek: όποιος καεί στο χυλό φυσάει και το γιαούρτι (ópoios kaeí sto chyló fysáei kai to giaoúrti) — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Hindi: दूध का जला छाछ भी फूँक फूँक कर पीता है (dūdh kā jalā chāch bhī phū̃k phū̃k kar pītā hai) — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Icelandic: brennt barn forðast eldinn — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Indonesian: sekali tersengat selalu beringat — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Norwegian Bokmål: brent barn skyr ilden — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brent barn skyr elden — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Polish: kto raz się sparzył, ten na zimne dmucha — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Russian: обжёгшись на молоке́, ду́ешь и на во́ду (obžógšisʹ na moloké, dúješʹ i na vódu) — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Russian: обжёгшись на молоке́, ду́ют на во́ду (obžógšisʹ na moloké, dújut na vódu) — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Russian: пуганая ворона куста боится (puganaja vorona kusta boitsja) — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy
• Swedish: bränt barn skyr elden — a person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it — see also once bitten, twice shy