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Definition(s) for: 忍气吞声

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng - to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
- to swallow one's anger
- to grin and bear it

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 22,610 35,539 28,429

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
忍 rěn- to bear
- to endure
- to tolerate
- to restrain oneself
气 qì- gas; air
- smell
- weather
- to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
- vital energy; qi
吞 tūn- to swallow
- to take
声 shēng- sound
- voice
- tone
- noise
- reputation
- classifier for sounds

Other Words Containing 忍气吞声

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
忍气吞声 - - 22,610 35,539 28,429