Results, 臥薪嘗胆

臥薪嘗胆【がしんしょうたんgashinshoutan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

私watashiはha長い間nagaima臥薪嘗胆gashinshoutanのno苦しみkurushimiをwoなめたnameta。 I have struggled under extreme difficulties for a long time.

Kanji definition:

臥
人名用

ガGA・ふせるfuse.ru・ふせるfu.seru・ふすfu.su

bend down; bow; lie prostrate

Strokes:
9
Radical:
臣 minister, official
SKIP:
1-6-2
UTF:
81e5
JIS208:
18-73
Hangul:
와 [wa]
Pinyin:
wò
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
山臥【やまぶしyamabushi】
itinerant Buddhist monk; / practitioner of Shugendō
座臥【ざがzaga】
daily life; sitting and lying down
臥し転ぶ【ふしまろぶfushimarobu】
to fall and roll over; wriggle about
臥せる【ふせるfuseru】
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
臥所【ふしどfushido】
bedroom; bedchamber; bed
薪
常用中学校JLPTN1

シンSHIN・たきぎtakigi・まきmaki

fuel; firewood; kindling

Strokes:
16
Radical:
艹艸䒑 grass
SKIP:
2-3-13
UTF:
85aa
JIS208:
31-37
Hangul:
신 [sin]
Pinyin:
xīn
Stroke order:
Example words:
薪【まきmaki】
firewood; kindling; fuel; / piece(s) of firewood
薪炭【しんたんshintan】
wood and charcoal; fuel
薪能【たきぎのうtakiginou】
noh theater performed at night by a fire
臥薪嘗胆【がしんしょうたんgashinshoutan】
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
薪拾い【たきぎひろいtakigihiroi】
firewood gathering
嘗
人名用

ショウSHOU・ジョウJOU・かつてkatsu.te・こころみるkokoro.miru・なめるna.meru

once; before; formerly; ever; never; ex-; lick; lap up; burn up; taste; undergo; underrate; despise

➜
甞
Strokes:
14
Radical:
小⺌⺍ small
SKIP:
2-5-9
UTF:
5617
JIS208:
30-8
Hangul:
상 [sang]
Pinyin:
cháng
Stroke order:
Example words:
嘗める【なめるnameru】
to lick; / to taste; / to experience (esp. a hardship); / to make fun of; to make light of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
臥薪嘗胆【がしんしょうたんgashinshoutan】
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
総嘗め【そうなめsouname】
sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster); engulfing; / sweeping victory; clean sweep
神嘗祭【かんなめさいkannamesai】
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
新嘗祭【にいなめさいniinamesai】
ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities
胆
常用中学校JLPTN1

タンTAN・きもkimo

gall bladder; courage; pluck; nerve

➜
膽 膻
Strokes:
9
Radical:
肉⺼月 meat
SKIP:
1-4-5
UTF:
80c6
JIS208:
35-32
Nanori:
いi・まことmakoto
Hangul:
단 [dan]
Pinyin:
dǎn
Stroke order:
Example words:
大胆【だいたんdaitan】
bold; daring; audacious
胆【きもkimo】
liver; innards; / courage; spirit; pluck; guts; / crux; essential point
胆石【たんせきtanseki】
gallstones
落胆【らくたんrakutan】
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
魂胆【こんたんkontan】
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; / complicated circumstances; intricacies

Kanji

臥

ガGA・ふせるfuse.ru・ふせるfu.seru・ふすfu.su

bend down; bow; lie prostrate

薪

シンSHIN・たきぎtakigi・まきmaki

fuel; firewood; kindling


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