忍无可忍 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• more than one can bear ; at the end of one's patience
• the last straw

Character by character

• 忍rěnto endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate
• 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
• 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
• 忍rěnto endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate

Idioms sharing a character

• 含垢忍辱 hán gòu rěn rǔ
• 忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng
• 忍辱偷生 rěn rǔ tōu shēng
• 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
• 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
• 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián

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