忍辱负重 (忍辱負重)
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
Pinyin

Definition

忍辱负重 (忍辱負重)
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rěn rǔ fù zhòng
  1. to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

凌辱
líng rǔ
  1. 1 to insult
  2. 2 to humiliate
  3. 3 to bully
严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
忍
rěn
  1. 1 to bear
  2. 2 to endure
  3. 3 to tolerate
  4. 4 to restrain oneself
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer
重新
chóng xīn
  1. 1 again
  2. 2 once more
  3. 3 re-

Idioms (20)

一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.

Sample Sentences

而且都包含有“复仇”这个主题，主角都是忍辱负重啊。
érqiě dōu bāohán yǒu “fùchóu ”zhè ge zhǔtí ，zhǔjué dōu shì rěnrǔfùzhòng ā 。
And both of them include the theme of revenge, and the protagonists both suffer humiliation as part of their mission.
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