卧薪尝胆
Traditional form:
臥薪嚐膽
Pinyin (reading):
wòxīnchángdǎn
Definitions:
- lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
Characters:
- 卧 - to crouch; to lie down
- 薪 - fuel, firewood; salary
- 尝 - to taste; to experience, to experiment with
- 胆 - gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
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