卧薪尝胆 wòxīnchángdǎn to undergo hardships to achieve an ambition Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 卧薪尝胆 臥薪嘗膽 wòxīnchángdǎn to undergo hardships to achieve an ambition (idiom) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall; to endure hardships and persevere with resolve in order to achieve a goal or seek revenge. Historically refers to King 勾践 gōujiàn of the State of Yue after his defeat by the State of Wu. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.876 per million Cross-References Synonym 悬胆 xuándǎnReferenced by 尝胆 chángdǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
卧薪尝胆 臥薪嘗膽 wòxīnchángdǎn to undergo hardships to achieve an ambition (idiom) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall; to endure hardships and persevere with resolve in order to achieve a goal or seek revenge. Historically refers to King 勾践 gōujiàn of the State of Yue after his defeat by the State of Wu. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.876 per million Cross-References Synonym 悬胆 xuándǎnReferenced by 尝胆 chángdǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
