人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
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1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
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1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
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2 to speak and break off, then start again
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3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
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1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
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2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
含垢忍辱
hán gòu rěn rǔ
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1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
囫囵吞枣
hú lún tūn zǎo
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1 to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
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2 (fig.) to accept without thinking
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3 to lap up
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
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1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
强忍悲痛
qiáng rěn bēi tòng
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1 to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
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1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
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1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
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2 to swallow one's anger
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3 to grin and bear it
忍无可忍
rěn wú kě rěn
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1 more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
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2 the last straw
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
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1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
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1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
爱不忍释
ài bù rěn shì
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1 to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
惨不忍睹
cǎn bù rěn dǔ
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1 spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
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2 appalling scenes of devastation
惨不忍闻
cǎn bù rěn wén
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1 too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
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2 appalling scenes of devastation
是可忍,孰不可忍
shì kě rěn , shú bù kě rěn
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1 if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom)
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2 enough is enough
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
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1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
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2 to gorge oneself
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
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1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
目不忍见
mù bù rěn jiàn
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1 lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold
目不忍视
mù bù rěn shì
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1 lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold