尝胆
cháng​dǎn

to taste gall

  • created reference approved 尝胆/嘗膽 → 卧薪尝胆/臥薪嘗膽 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尝胆 / 嘗膽 cháng​dǎn

    卧薪尝胆 / 臥薪嘗膽 wò​xīn​cháng​dǎn

    see

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  • created sense approved 尝胆/嘗膽 · cháng​dǎn · to taste gall — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尝胆 / 嘗膽

    cháng​dǎn

    to taste gall

    to taste gall as a reminder of past humiliation or to steel one's resolve; used metaphorically to mean constantly reminding oneself of a goal or revenge. See [[卧薪尝胆|臥薪嘗膽|wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3]].

    尝 (literal) → 尝/嘗 · cháng · to taste 胆 (literal) → 胆/膽 · dǎn · gallbladder

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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