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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「枕戈嚐膽」 here, with meaning and examples.

Here is the Chinese idiom 「枕戈嚐膽」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

With weapons resting on his head and bitter gall in his mouth. It describes one’s hard work, determination to improve oneself, or a strong desire for revenge.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhěn gē cháng dǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jam2 gwo1 seung4 daam2

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