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忍無可忍

简忍无可忍 · 繁忍無可忍

Mandarin · pinyin rěn wú kě rěn

more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
the last straw

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忍: rěn · endure, bear, suffer; forbear
無: Look up this written character
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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3–2–3–3 · ren3 wu2 ke3 ren3

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jan2 mou4 ho2 jan2

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(idiomatic) to reach the limit of one's patience; to be unable to bear any more

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