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忍氣吞聲
简 忍气吞声 · 繁 忍氣吞聲Mandarin · pinyin rěn qì tūn shēng
Meanings
- to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
- to swallow one's anger
- to grin and bear it
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3–4–1–1 · ren3 qi4 tun1 sheng1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jan2 hei3 tan1 sing1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to silently eat humble pie; to suppress anger and quietly bear humiliation
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