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忍气吞声

rěn qì tūn shēng
Rare

Definitions

  1. 1. to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. 2. to swallow one's anger
  3. 3. to grin and bear it

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Child Words of 忍气吞声

吞
tūn

to swallow

忍
rěn

to bear

气
qì

gas; air

声
shēng

sound

吞声
tūn shēng

to swallow one's cries