wò xīn cháng dǎn
Traditional: 臥薪嘗膽
卧薪尝胆 (wò xīn cháng dǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.
Meanings
- 1lit. 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)
- 2fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge