忍气吞声

忍氣吞聲

rěnqì-tūnshēng

idiom #22,610

Meanings

HSK 5

她忍气吞声地忍受了多年的不公平待遇。

Tā rěnqì-tūnshēng de rěnshòu le duōnián de bùgōngpíng dàiyù.

She suffered years of unfair treatment in silence.

HSK 7-9

他在老板面前总是忍气吞声，从不反驳。

Tā zài lǎobǎn miànqián zǒngshì rěnqì-tūnshēng, cóngbù fǎnbó.

He always swallows his anger in front of the boss and never talks back.

memory

忍 (endure) + 气 (anger/breath) + 吞 (swallow) + 声 (sound/voice) = swallow your angry breath and your voice - keep everything inside.

忍 rěn

气 qì

吞 tūn

声 shēng