半生尝胆 — “To taste gall for half a lifetime; Half a lifetime of tasting bitter gall”
半生尝胆 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have endured great hardships and suffering for a significant portion of one's life; to have toiled and struggled for most of one's life”. Literally, “To taste gall for half a lifetime; Half a lifetime of tasting bitter gall”.
半生尝胆 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 半生尝胆 mean?
半生尝胆 (bàn shēng cháng dǎn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have endured great hardships and suffering for a significant portion of one's life; to have toiled and struggled for most of one's life”.
How do you pronounce 半生尝胆?
半生尝胆 is pronounced bàn shēng cháng dǎn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 半生尝胆 literally mean?
Literally, 半生尝胆 means “to taste gall for half a lifetime; Half a lifetime of tasting bitter gall”. It is used to mean “to have endured great hardships and suffering for a significant portion of one's life; to have toiled and struggled for most of one's life”.
What is the Chinese definition of 半生尝胆?
半生：半辈子；胆：苦胆。半辈子尝苦胆。指受了半辈子的劳苦