忍气吞声 (忍氣吞聲)
rěn qì tūn shēng
Pinyin

Definition

忍气吞声 (忍氣吞聲)
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rěn qì tūn shēng
  1. to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. to swallow one's anger
  3. to grin and bear it

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

忍
rěn
  1. 1 to bear
  2. 2 to endure
  3. 3 to tolerate
  4. 4 to restrain oneself
吞噬
tūn shì
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to engulf
  3. 3 to gobble up
容忍
róng rěn
  1. 1 to put up with
  2. 2 to tolerate
强忍
qiáng rěn
  1. 1 to resist (with great difficulty)
忍受
rěn shòu
  1. 1 to bear
  2. 2 to endure

Idioms (20)

人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 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
  1. 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
  2. 2 to speak and break off, then start again
  3. 3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
含垢忍辱
hán gòu rěn rǔ
  1. 1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
囫囵吞枣
hú lún tūn zǎo
  1. 1 to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to accept without thinking
  3. 3 to lap up

Sample Sentences

女人怎么啦，就应该受这种欺负？要是我啊，就去告他，决不忍气吞声。我是在这里工作，又不是出卖色相。
nǚrén zěnme la ，jiù yīnggāi shòu zhèzhǒng qīfu ？yàoshì wǒ a ，jiù qù gào tā ，juébù rěnqìtūnshēng 。wǒ shì zài zhèlǐ gōngzuò ，yòu bù shì chūmài sèxiàng 。
What's wrong with women? So we're supposed to let people take advantage of us? If it were me, I'd sue him - I wouldn't just keep my mouth shut and take it. I'm here to work, not to sell myself.
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