漆身吞炭
qī​shēn​tūn​tàn

to sacrifice oneself for revenge

  • created sense approved 漆身吞炭 · qī​shēn​tūn​tàn · to sacrifice oneself for revenge — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    漆身吞炭

    qī​shēn​tūn​tàn

    to sacrifice oneself for revenge

    Literally "to paint one's skin and swallow charcoal"; describes sacrificing one's physical appearance or health in order to plan a hard-fought revenge or to repay a master's kindness, based on the story of the assassin [[豫让|豫讓|yu4 rang4]] in the Warring States period

    漆 (literal) → 漆 · qī · to paint 身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · body 吞 (literal) → 吞 · tūn · to swallow 炭 (literal) → 炭 · tàn · charcoal

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