尝粪 (嘗糞)
cháng fèn
Pinyin
Definition
尝粪 (嘗糞)
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- to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety)
- to suck up to sb
- to kiss ass
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
备尝辛苦
- 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
尝尽心酸
- 1 to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
浅尝辄止
- 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
- 2 to attempt half-heartedly
- 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
浅尝辄止
- 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
- 2 to attempt half-heartedly
- 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
- 4 also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
卧薪尝胆
- 1 lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gōu Jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
- 2 fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge