逆来顺受 — Chinese idiom
逆来顺受
nì lái shùn shòu
Traditional: 逆來順受
Meaning
- to resign oneself to adversity ; to grin and bear it
- to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
Character by character
- 逆nìto disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
- 顺shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
Idioms sharing a character
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī
- 忠言逆耳 zhōng yán nì ěr
- 逆水行舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu
- 逆耳之言 nì ěr zhī yán
- 逆行倒施 nì xíng dào shī
- 违天逆理 wéi tiān nì lǐ
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
- 来之不易 lái zhī bù yì
- 来去无踪 lái qù wú zōng
- 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
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