to keep one's emotions inside oneself; to restrain one's emotions
trad. 隱忍不發
Also written 隱忍不發【yǐn rěn bù fā】
Characters in this word
4隐
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(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Traditional
- 隱
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 40777 of 2500
忍
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to bear, to endure, to tolerate, to restrain oneself
- Pinyin
- rěn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 7640 of 2500
不
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
发
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to send out, to show (one's feeling), to issue, to develop, to make a bundle of money, classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- Pinyin
- fā
- Traditional
- 發
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2017 of 2500