忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
Pinyin

Definition

忍气吞声
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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
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
惨不忍睹
cǎn bù rěn dǔ
  1. 1 spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
  2. 2 appalling scenes of devastation
残忍
cán rěn
  1. 1 cruel
  2. 2 mean
  3. 3 merciless
  4. 4 ruthless
火影忍者
Huǒ yǐng Rěn zhě
  1. 1 Naruto, manga and anime series
私吞
sī tūn
  1. 1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. 2 to embezzle
隐忍
yǐn rěn
  1. 1 to bear patiently
  2. 2 to endure silently
  3. 3 to forbear
云吞
yún tūn
  1. 1 wonton
不堪忍受
bù kān rěn shòu
  1. 1 unbearable
不忍
bù rěn
  1. 1 cannot bear to
  2. 2 disturbed
并吞
bìng tūn
  1. 1 to swallow up
  2. 2 to annex
  3. 3 to merge
侵吞
qīn tūn
  1. 1 to annex
  2. 2 to swallow (up)
  3. 3 to embezzle

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
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
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
爱不忍释
ài bù rěn shì
  1. 1 to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
惨不忍睹
cǎn bù rěn dǔ
  1. 1 spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
  2. 2 appalling scenes of devastation
惨不忍闻
cǎn bù rěn wén
  1. 1 too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
  2. 2 appalling scenes of devastation
是可忍，孰不可忍
shì kě rěn , shú bù kě rěn
  1. 1 if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom)
  2. 2 enough is enough
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
  1. 1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
目不忍见
mù bù rěn jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold
目不忍视
mù bù rěn shì
  1. 1 lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold

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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