와신상담

臥薪嘗膽

🔥 Effort idiom

What it means · 뜻

섶에 눕고 쓸개를 씹음 — 설움을 삼키며 원수를 갚을 준비함.

Example · 예문

와신상담 3년, 마침내 승리했다.

Three years on firewood, tasting gall — the win finally came.

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