忍让 (忍讓)
rěn ràng
Pinyin
Definition
忍让 (忍讓)
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- to exercise forbearance
- patient and accommodating
Character Decomposition
Idioms (14)
含垢忍辱
- 1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
小不忍则乱大谋
- 1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
强忍悲痛
- 1 to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
忍垢偷生
- 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍气吞声
- 1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
- 2 to swallow one's anger
- 3 to grin and bear it
Sample Sentences
那是冲动。闪婚就闪婚吧,像古人那样,先结婚后恋爱也挺好的,不过我们这一代人,有耐心能忍让的太少了,倔脾气上来,一不顺心就离了。
That's impulsiveness for you. If you want to have a 'flash wedding', then just do it. It's like people in ancient times. Getting married first and then falling in love isn't so bad either. But, there aren't enough patient and tolerant people these days. They're too obstinate. As soon as they're unsatisfied, they get a divorce.