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耐受

Mandarin · pinyin nài shòu

to tolerate
endurance

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耐: nài · endure, bear; resist; patient
受: shòu · receive, accept, get; bear, stand

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4–4 · nai4 shou4

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verb

(pharmacology, medicine) to be tolerant; to show tolerance

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