忍

rěn

to bear

to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself

blade (刃) + heart (心) = to endure

A blade pressed against the heart — the image of enduring pain without lashing out. Restraint is not the absence of feeling, but feeling the knife and choosing stillness.

刃+心→忍
刃The sharp edge of a bladeSemantic
心HeartSemantic

这里太热了,我快忍不住了。

zhè lǐ tài rè le, wǒ kuài rěn bu zhù le.

It's too hot here, I can barely endure it anymore.

他心里很难过,但还是忍住了眼泪。

tā xīn lǐ hěn nán guò, dàn hái shì rěn zhù le yǎn lèi.

He was very sad inside, but still restrained himself from shedding tears.

Words with 忍

忍者

rěn zhě

ninja

坚忍不拔

jiān rěn bù bá

fortitude

忍无可忍

rěn wú kě rěn

more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience

坚忍

jiān rěn

persevering

隐忍

yǐn rěn

to suffer in silence; to endure hardship or injustice without complaint; to swallow one's grievances

隐忍不发

yǐn rěn bù fā

to keep one's emotions inside oneself

隐忍不言

yǐn rěn bù yán

to keep one's emotions inside oneself

难以忍受

nán yǐ rěn shòu

hard to endure

零容忍

líng róng rěn

zero tolerance

不堪忍受

bù kān rěn shòu

unbearable

不忍

bù rěn

cannot bear to

不忍心

bù rěn xīn

can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)

More characters with 刃

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