卧薪尝胆

Traditional (Taiwan): 臥薪嘗膽

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wòxīnchángdǎn ㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄢˇ

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

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