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Chinese symbol for “compliant”

濡忍
rú rěn
compliant; submissive

The closest CC-CEDICT match for compliant is 濡忍 (rú rěn), defined as: compliant; submissive.

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Characters and stroke order

濡 rú
to moisten, to immerse; wet, damp
radical 85 ⽔ · 17 strokes
忍 rěn
to endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate
radical 61 ⼼ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “compliant”

WordPinyinMeaning
翕xīto open and close (the mouth etc); friendly
嫕yìcompliant; yielding
屁颠屁颠 (屁顛屁顛)pì diān pì diānlit. jolting buttocks; (colloquial intensifier) groveling

Related words

Other words that share a character with 濡忍.

WordPinyinMeaning
耳濡目染ěr rú mù rǎnto be influenced
相濡以沫xiāng rú yǐ mò(lit.) (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom); (fig.) to share meager resources and support each other
濡湿 (濡濕)rú shīto moisten
濡染rú rǎnto infect; to influence
以沫相濡yǐ mò xiāng rúsee 相濡以沫 (xiāng rú yǐ mò)
沾濡zhān rúto moisten
忍不住rěn bu zhùcannot help; unable to bear
残忍 (殘忍)cán rěncruel; merciless; ruthless

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