【卧薪尝胆】〖wò xn cháng dn〗[sleep on the brushwood and taste the gall -- to nurse vengeance; endure hardships to accomplish some ambition; eat the leek; I have lain, as it were, upon thorns, and my mouth filled with gall]

卧铺树枝下岗员，

薪条硌醒著诗典。

尝食野菜苦自励，

胆气横秋振宇寰。

睡觉睡在柴草上，吃饭睡觉都尝一尝苦胆。形容人刻苦自励，发奋图强。Sleep on firewood, eat and sleep all before taste gall bladder bitter. Describe people assiduous self excitation, strenuous effortn tuqiang.同：发愤图强、宵衣旰食。谜：勾践。 春秋时期，吴王夫差打败并俘虏了越王勾践。勾践给夫差喂了三年的马，受尽折磨，回国后立志报仇复国，请范蠡帮助训练军队，任用有贤能的人，自己亲自参加劳动并坚持睡在柴草上，每次饭前均要尝尝一个苦胆，后来终于灭掉吴国。