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Trad. 淺嘗
- to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink)
- (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
Trad. 嘗糞
- 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
Trad. 孟嘗君
- Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Trad. 備嘗艱苦
- see 備嘗辛苦|备尝辛苦[bei4 chang2 xin1 ku3]
Trad. 備嘗辛苦
- (idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships
Trad. 淺嘗輒止
- lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
Trad. 嘗盡心酸
- to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
Trad. 嘗試錯誤
- to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
Trad. 臥薪嘗膽
- lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
- fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
Trad. 臥薪嚐膽
- variant of 臥薪嘗膽|卧薪尝胆[wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3]