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是可忍，孰不可忍

Mandarin · pinyin shì kě rěn , shú bù kě rěn

if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom)
enough is enough

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是: shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
忍: rěn · endure, bear, suffer; forbear
孰: shú · who? which? what? which one?
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix

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