臥薪嘗胆

がしんしょうたん

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

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeanceFour-character idiom

Example sentences

私わたしは長ながい間あいだ臥薪嘗胆がしんしょうたんの苦くるしみをなめた。

I have struggled under extreme difficulties for a long time.