食荼卧棘

食荼卧棘食荼臥棘 shí ㄕˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ sik6 tou4 ngo6 gik1

  • to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

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Practice writing

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