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one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩 (zh), 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 (zh) ‎(yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo, shí nián pà jǐng shéng) (bitten by a snake on one morning, afraid of the rope by the well for ten years)
Danish: brændt barn skyr ilden
Dutch: door schade en schande wordt men wijs
Finnish: Siperia opettaa
French: (a scalded cat is afraid of cold water) chat échaudé craint l'eau froide (fr)
German: ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer
Greek: όποιος καεί με τον χυλό, φυσάει και το γιαούρτι ‎(ópoios kaeí me ton chyló, fysáei kai to giaoúrti)
Hebrew: מִי שֶׁנִכְוָה בְּרוֹתְחִין נְזְהָר בְּצוֹנְנִין ‎(mi shenichvá berotḥín nizhár betzonenín)
Hindi: दूध का जला छाँछ भी फूँक कर पीता है ‎(dūdh kā jalā chā̃ch bhī phū̃k kar pītā hai)
Icelandic: (a child burnt shuns the fire) brennt barn forðast eldinn (is)
Italian: Gatto scottato teme l'acqua fredda

Norwegian: brent barn skyr ilden
Polish: kto się na gorącym sparzył, ten na zimne dmucha (pl)
Portuguese: gato escaldado de água fria tem medo
Russian: обжёгшись на молоке́, бу́дешь дуть и на во́ду (ru) ‎(obžógšisʹ na moloké, búdešʹ dutʹ i na vódu) (having been burnt by milk, you'll blow onto water), пу́ганая воро́на куста́ бои́тся ‎(púganaja voróna kustá boítsja) (a frightened crow is afraid even of the bush)
Serbo-Croatian: tko se jednom opeče, puše i na hladno
Spanish: gato escaldado del agua fría huye
Turkish: sütten ağzı yanan, yoğurdu üfleyerek yer

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 261.