臥薪嘗膽 — wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3 — Chinese Dictionary

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臥

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臥

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Definitions4 characters

wo⁴ xin¹ chang² dan³

lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐 and 勾践Gou¹ jian⁴, in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)/fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge

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Pronunciations

臥

薪

嘗

膽

As word

1

wo⁴

lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践 [Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)/fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge

2

xin¹

lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践 [Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)/fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge

3

chang²

lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践 [Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)/fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge

4

dan³

lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践 [Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)/fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge