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忍氣吞聲 (jan2 hei3 tan1 seng1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

忍氣吞聲 (jan2 hei3 tan1 seng1, rěn qì tūn shēng) — to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 忍受 (jan2 sau6) — to suffer
• 忍唔住 (jan2 m4 zyu6) — can't bear or tolerate any longer; cannot resist against doing something
• 忍手 (jan2 sau2) — cannot do; touch; to control one's desire, for example, gambling
• 忍氣 (jan2 hei3) — to hold in one's breath; to hold in one's anger
• 忍耐 (jan2 noi6) — to bear
• 忍屎忍尿好過忍你 (jan2 si2 jan2 niu6 hou2 gwo3 jan2 nei5) — I would rather put up with shit than put up with you; (literally: I would rathe…

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