卧薪尝胆

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परिभाषाएँ

1. 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)
2. fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
3. lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge

卧薪尝胆 के घटक शब्द

• 尝 cháng: to taste; to try (food)
• 胆 dǎn: gall bladder
• 卧 wò: to lie
• 薪 xīn: firewood; fuel