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忍
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Definitions
- 1. to bear
- 2. to endure
- 3. to tolerate
- 4. to restrain oneself
Example Sentences
1 shown忍 著去買銅鑼燒了。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 忍
hard to endure
can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)
fortitude
submissive
to endure
to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
cannot bear to
zero tolerance
compliant
to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc
see 目不忍視|目不忍视[mù bù rěn shì]
more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[rěn qì tūn shēng]
cannot help laughing
to eat humble pie
to bear patiently
to resist (with great difficulty)
(idiom) dreadful to hear
to endure humiliation to preserve unity
to put up with
see 忍者神龜|忍者神龟[rěn zhě shén guī]
tolerable
Naruto, manga and anime series
intolerable
cruel
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
to endure humiliation
persevering
if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom)
(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
to have the heart to do sth
patience
cannot help
lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom)
to resign oneself to part with what one treasures
to suffer
to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
can't bear to
to bear
to exercise forbearance
to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
to eat humble pie
to keep one's emotions inside oneself
starving
to keep one's emotions inside oneself
to refrain
smiling
unbearable
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom)
ninja
honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)