【成语故事中译英】历史习语故事经典翻译——英文：卧薪尝胆

Sleep on brushwood and taste gall

during The spring and autumn period(770-476 BC)，The state of Wu launched an attack against The state of yue . The king of Wu was seriouss

in order to avenge his father ' s death，Fu let him live in a shabby stone house by his father ' s tomb and ordered him to raise horses for him . Gou prop he was set free . Gou secretly accumulated a military force after he went back to his own state . in order to make him self tougher he slept on firer And ate a

Later，people use it to describe one who endures self-imposed hardships to strengthen one ' s resolve to realize one ' s ambition .

翻译：

春秋时代，吴国和越国之间发生了战争，国王不幸受了重伤，不久就死了。他的儿子夫差成为吴国的新王毅，他发誓要为父亲报仇。所以他严格训练士兵，把他们训练成一支非常强大的军队。三年后，他对越国发动了战争，抓住了越王九川，把他带回了吴国。

为了报仇，夫差每天在父亲坟墓旁边的破石头房子里看墓，喂马。群雄表面上服从，心里却想着复仇。几年后，群雄回到了越国。他立即秘密地开始集结军队。为了提醒他不要忘记报仇，他睡在木柴上，每天吃饭，睡觉前尝了尝苦墙。同时，他致力于国家治理，大力发展农业，加强民众教育。几年后，越国再次强大，群雄抓住适当的机会消灭了吴国。

后来，人们用它来形容为实现自己确定的目标而付出的刻苦努力。