Chapter 14
Chinese Sayings (Book 1)

Wò Xīn Cháng Dǎn | 卧薪尝胆

from Season 3, Episode 5: He Sure Had a lot of Gall

From this epic struggle between these two neighboring rivals came one of the great stories from ancient Chinese history that has been told and re-told throughout the centuries.

Let’s hear it one more time in this episode and learn what’s up with “lying on brushwood and tasting bile.”

Chinese Sayings (Book 1) | Chapter 14
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