忍氣吞聲
Chinese edit
to bear; to endure; to tolerate | gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged |
to swallow; to take | sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise | ||
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trad. (忍氣吞聲) | 忍 | 氣 | 吞 | 聲 | |
simp. (忍气吞声) | 忍 | 气 | 吞 | 声 | |
alternative forms | 吞聲忍氣/吞声忍气 吞聲飲氣/吞声饮气 氣忍聲吞/气忍声吞 聲吞氣忍/声吞气忍 |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
忍氣吞聲
- to silently eat humble pie; to suppress anger and quietly bear humiliation
- 太太忍氣吞聲,脫了錦緞衣服,繫上圍裙,走到廚下,把魚接在手內。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
- Tàitài rěnqìtūnshēng, tuō le jǐnduàn yīfú, jì shàng wéiqún, zǒu dào chúxià, bǎ yú jiē zài shǒu nèi. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
太太忍气吞声,脱了锦缎衣服,系上围裙,走到厨下,把鱼接在手内。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]