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卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
Definitions
- •lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[gōu jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
- •fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
- •lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge