臥薪嘗胆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臥 薪 嘗 胆
が
Jinmeiyō 		しん
Grade: S 		しょう
Jinmeiyō 		たん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
臥薪嘗膽 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 臥薪嘗膽 (wòxīnchángdǎn); see there for further etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠ɕiɰ̃ ɕo̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Idiom

臥(が)薪(しん)嘗(しょう)胆(たん) • (gashin shōtan) 

  1. to undergo self-imposed hardships to achieve vengeance

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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