忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

忍 rěn
HSK 5
endure, bear, suffer; forbear
氣 qì air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
吞 tūn
HSK 6
swallow; absorb, annex, engulf
聲 shēng sound, voice, noise; tone; music