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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 卧薪尝胆
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 卧薪尝胆 | wò xīn - cháng dǎn | - lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) - fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge |
| 卧薪尝胆 | wò xīn - cháng dǎn | - variant of 臥薪嘗膽|卧薪尝胆[wo4xin1-chang2dan3] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,818 | 39,958 | 29,151 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 卧 | wò | - to lie - to crouch |
| 薪 | xīn | - (literary) firewood; fuel - (bound form) salary |
| 尝 | cháng | - to taste; to try (food) - to experience - (literary) ever; once |
| 尝 | cháng | - to taste; to experience (variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]) |
| 尝 | cháng | - old variant of 嘗|尝[chang2] |
| 胆 | dǎn | - gall bladder - courage - guts - gall - inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) |
Other Words Containing 卧薪尝胆
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 卧薪尝胆 | - | - | 42,818 | 39,958 | 29,151 |