wò xīn cháng dǎn

Traditional: 臥薪嚐膽

卧薪尝胆 (wò xīn cháng dǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “variant of 臥薪嘗膽|卧薪尝胆[wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3]”.

Meanings

  1. 1variant of 臥薪嘗膽|卧薪尝胆[wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3]

Characters in 卧薪尝胆

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

Related words

尝试to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)卧室bedroom尝to taste; to try (food)尝to taste; to experience (variant of 嘗|尝[chang2])尝old variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]薪水salary卧底to hide (as an undercover agent)胆小鬼coward大胆brazen胆gall bladder胆量courage胆子courage

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