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臥薪嘗膽

卧
臥
薪
薪
尝
嘗
胆
膽
lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge

Characters and words in 臥薪嘗膽

卧
臥
wò = w + o4
to lie / to crouch
Add a new mnemonic for 卧 = 卜 + 臣
Add a new mnemonic for 臥 = 臣 + 人
薪
xīn = xi + (e)n1
fuel / salary
Add a new mnemonic for 薪 = 艹 + 新
尝
嘗
cháng = ch + ang2
to taste; to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever; once
Add a new mnemonic for 尝 = ⺌ + 冖 + 云
Add a new mnemonic for 嘗 = 尚 + 旨
胆
膽
dǎn = d + an3
gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
Add a new mnemonic for 胆 = 旦 + 月
Add a new mnemonic for 膽 = 月 + 詹

Words with 臥薪嘗膽

臥薪嘗膽 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 臥薪嘗膽

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