忍氣吞聲
C1–C2
Level 7
忍氣吞聲 (rěn qì tūn shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.
Definition
- to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
- to swallow one's anger
- to grin and bear it
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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).