吞聲

吞声
tūnshēng
to swallow one's cries

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to hold back from making noise
  2. to hold back from making noise

Wiktionary

  1. 不出聲。
  2. 無聲的悲泣。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 吞 tūn
  1. to swallow
  2. to take
2 聲 shēng
  1. sound
  2. voice
  3. tone
  4. noise
  5. reputation
  6. classifier for sounds

Containing this entry

吞聲忍氣 tūnshēngrěnqì see 忍氣吞聲 rěnqìtūnshēng
忍氣吞聲 rěnqìtūnshēng
  1. to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. to swallow one's anger
  3. to grin and bear it
飲恨吞聲 yǐnhèntūnshēng to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)