to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it; to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
trad. 逆來順受
Also written 逆來順受【nì lái shùn shòu】
Characters in this word
4逆
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contrary, opposite, backwards, to go against, to oppose, to betray, to rebel
- Pinyin
- nì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 28410 of 2500
来
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to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- Pinyin
- lái
- Traditional
- 來
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 33 of 2500
顺
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to obey, to follow, to arrange, to make reasonable, along, favorable
- Pinyin
- shùn
- Traditional
- 順
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 19020 of 2500
受
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to receive, to accept, to suffer, subjected to, to bear, to stand, pleasant, (passive marker), (LGBT) bottom
- Pinyin
- shòu
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1236 of 2500