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卧薪尝胆
wò​xīn​cháng​dǎn

persevere

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嘗膽) wò​xīn​cháng​dǎn
persevere idiom
To undergo self-imposed hardships to maintain one's resolve and prepare for revenge or the attainment of a great goal.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.180 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.876 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)