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gøxsyn siongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gø'syn sioong'tvar [[...]] 
endure hardships to accomplish some ambition, determination for revenge (Lit. an allusion to the King of Yueh (越王勾踐) who slept on firewood for a mattress and had a gall bladder hung over his bed to remind him of the bitterness (gall) of his defeat so
臥薪嘗膽
gvoxsyn siongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gvo'syn sioong'tvar [[...]] 
goad oneself ahead by depriving oneself all daily comfort and subjecting oneself to life's bitterness, nurse vengeance (Lit. lie on faggots and taste gall)
臥薪嘗膽