动心忍性
      Explanation: Tempted: to disturb the heart; Ren Xing: the tough character. Refers to the resistance regardless of the outside world, stick to it.
      Usage: Joint type; as predicate; with a compliment
      Source: Qin Meng Ke, "Mencius down": "so tempted Ren Xing, they could not have been beneficial."
      Examples: Ancient sages, Shubu sick poor? Suffer their aspirations, depletion of their body, ~, to mark the side of people. (Ming Zhao Bute "ghost of scabies")
  • Thesaurus:  constancy, granite, keep one's end up, Gan shi Xiaoyi, adhere not to change, be willing to toil