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<< review queue entry 61717 - submitted by 'kevinmaynard' >> Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/臥薪嘗膽#Chinese |
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# 臥薪嘗膽 臥薪尝胆 [wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3] /to sleep on brushwood and taste gall, i.e taste revenge after a long delay (reference to the long time spent plotting his revenge by Gou Jian king of Yue)/ + 臥薪嘗膽 臥薪尝胆 [wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3] /lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)/fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4])/ |