to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
trad. 忍氣吞聲
Also written 忍氣吞聲【rěn qì tūn shēng】
Characters in this word
4忍
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to bear, to endure, to tolerate, to restrain oneself
- Pinyin
- rěn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 7640 of 2500
气
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gas; air, smell, weather, to make angry; to annoy; to get angry, vital energy; qi
- Pinyin
- qì
- Traditional
- 氣
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2219 of 2500
吞
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to swallow, to take
- Pinyin
- tūn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8247 of 2500
声
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sound, voice, tone, noise, reputation, classifier for sounds
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Traditional
- 聲
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2265 of 2500