commentary: eating bitterness (吃苦)

this is a cross-posting from my other blog.

i'm writing about the Chinese idiom "eat bitterness" (in traditional Chinese characters: 吃苦). it's a pretty common phrase in TCMA, so i figured it was appropriate to also post it here. you can read it at:

• http://jonathaninthedistance.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-bitterness.html

cheers.