1 to endure

2 to bear with

3 to exercise patience

4 to restrain oneself

5 patience

6 endurance

1 to torment

2 to torture

1 capable of enduring

2 able to tolerate

3 patient

4 durable

5 hardy

6 resistant

1 to be patient

2 patience

1 patience

2 fortitude

1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

1 lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)

2 fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences

1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering

2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity

1 diligent and able to endure hardship (idiom)

1 lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)

2 to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful