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Learn about the idiom 「嚐膽臥薪」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Firewood: firewood. Sleep on firewood and straw, and taste the bitter taste of gall when eating and sleeping. Describes a person who works hard, motivates himself and strives to become stronger.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cháng dǎn wò xīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seung4 daam2 ngo6 san1
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