忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
Pinyin

Definition

忍辱负重
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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-
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
侮辱
wǔ rǔ
  1. 1 to insult
  2. 2 to humiliate
  3. 3 dishonor
保重
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself
加重
jiā zhòng
  1. 1 to make heavier
  2. 2 to emphasize
  3. 3 (of an illness etc) to become more serious
  4. 4 to aggravate (a bad situation)
  5. 5 to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
厚重
hòu zhòng
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 heavy
  3. 3 thickset (body)
  4. 4 massive
  5. 5 generous
  6. 6 extravagant
  7. 7 profound
  8. 8 dignified
多重
duō chóng
  1. 1 multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)
容忍
róng rěn
  1. 1 to put up with
  2. 2 to tolerate
尊重
zūn zhòng
  1. 1 to esteem
  2. 2 to respect
  3. 3 to honor
  4. 4 to value
  5. 5 eminent
  6. 6 serious
  7. 7 proper
强忍
qiáng rěn
  1. 1 to resist (with great difficulty)
忍受
rěn shòu
  1. 1 to bear
  2. 2 to endure
忍心
rěn xīn
  1. 1 to have the heart to do sth
  2. 2 to steel oneself to a task
忍无可忍
rěn wú kě rěn
  1. 1 more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
  2. 2 the last straw
忍者
rěn zhě
  1. 1 ninja
忍耐
rěn nài
  1. 1 to endure
  2. 2 to bear with
  3. 3 to exercise patience
  4. 4 to restrain oneself
  5. 5 patience
  6. 6 endurance
忍让
rěn ràng
  1. 1 to exercise forbearance
  2. 2 patient and accommodating

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.
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
含垢忍辱
hán gòu rěn rǔ
  1. 1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
  1. 1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù
  1. 1 as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
  2. 2 to have a weight off one's mind
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
  1. 1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
  1. 1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
强忍悲痛
qiáng rěn bēi tòng
  1. 1 to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
  1. 1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. 2 to swallow one's anger
  3. 3 to grin and bear it
忍无可忍
rěn wú kě rěn
  1. 1 more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
  2. 2 the last straw
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
  1. 1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence

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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