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와신상담

Pronunciation
와ː신상담
Part of speech
noun
Vocabulary level
none
Derivative
와신상담하다

taking an uncomfortable sleep on a heap of brushwood and tasting bitter gall bladder

(figurative) The act of enduring all sorts of difficulties and pain in order to take revenge or achieve a goal.