忍辱偷生 — Chinese idiom
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
Meaning
- to bear humiliation to save one's skin
Character by character
- 忍rěnto endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate
- 辱rǔto insult, to humiliate, to abuse
- 偷tōuto steal; burglar, thief
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
Idioms sharing a character
- 含垢忍辱 hán gòu rěn rǔ
- 忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng
- 忍无可忍 rěn wú kě rěn
- 忍辱负重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng
- 爱不忍释 ài bù rěn shì
- 惨不忍睹 cǎn bù rěn dǔ
- 惨不忍闻 cǎn bù rěn wén
- 目不忍视 mù bù rěn shì
- 丧权辱国 sàng quán rǔ guó
- 奇耻大辱 qí chǐ dà rǔ
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