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rěn
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. to bear
  2. 2. to endure
  3. 3. to tolerate
  4. 4. to restrain oneself

Example Sentences

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著去買銅鑼燒了。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1670012)

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Words Containing 忍

难以忍受
nán yǐ rěn shòu

hard to endure

不忍心
bù rěn xīn

can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)

坚忍不拔
jiān rěn bù bá

fortitude

温良忍让
wēn liáng rěn ràng

submissive

忍耐
rěn nài

to endure

含垢忍辱
hán gòu rěn rǔ

to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)

不忍
bù rěn

cannot bear to

零容忍
líng róng rěn

zero tolerance

濡忍
rú rěn

compliant

忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng

to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence

忍者神龟
rěn zhě shén guī

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc

目不忍见
mù bù rěn jiàn

see 目不忍視|目不忍视[mù bù rěn shì]

忍无可忍
rěn wú kě rěn

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

忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng

to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)

吞声忍气
tūn shēng rěn qì

see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[rěn qì tūn shēng]

忍俊不禁
rěn jùn bù jīn

cannot help laughing

含忍耻辱
hán rěn chǐ rǔ

to eat humble pie

隐忍
yǐn rěn

to bear patiently

强忍
qiǎng rěn

to resist (with great difficulty)

惨不忍闻
cǎn bù rěn wén

(idiom) dreadful to hear

忍辱求全
rěn rǔ qiú quán

to endure humiliation to preserve unity

容忍
róng rěn

to put up with

忍者龟
rěn zhě guī

see 忍者神龜|忍者神龟[rěn zhě shén guī]

可容忍
kě róng rěn

tolerable

火影忍者
huǒ yǐng rěn zhě

Naruto, manga and anime series

无法忍受
wú fǎ rěn shòu

intolerable

残忍
cán rěn

cruel

忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng

to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)

忍耻
rěn chǐ

to endure humiliation

坚忍
jiān rěn

persevering

是可忍,孰不可忍
shì kě rěn , shú bù kě rěn

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

小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu

(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience

忍心
rěn xīn

to have the heart to do sth

忍耐力
rěn nài lì

patience

忍不住
rěn bu zhù

cannot help

目不忍视
mù bù rěn shì

lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom)

忍痛割爱
rěn tòng gē ài

to resign oneself to part with what one treasures

忍痛
rěn tòng

to suffer

爱不忍释
ài bù rěn shì

to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)

于心不忍
yú xīn bù rěn

can't bear to

忍受
rěn shòu

to bear

忍让
rěn ràng

to exercise forbearance

强忍悲痛
qiáng rěn bēi tòng

to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)

忍辱含垢
rěn rǔ hán gòu

to eat humble pie

隐忍不发
yǐn rěn bù fā

to keep one's emotions inside oneself

忍饥挨饿
rěn jī ái è

starving

隐忍不言
yǐn rěn bù yán

to keep one's emotions inside oneself

忍得住
rěn de zhù

to refrain

忍俊
rěn jùn

smiling

不堪忍受
bù kān rěn shòu

unbearable

忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng

to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence

惨不忍睹
cǎn bù rěn dǔ

lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom)

忍者
rěn zhě

ninja

忍冬
rěn dōng

honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)