忍氣

忍气
rěnqì
  1. to hold one's breath
  2. to swallow one's anger; to submit to humiliation

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 忍 rěn
  1. to bear
  2. to endure
  3. to tolerate
  4. to restrain oneself
=2 氣 qì
  1. gas; air
  2. smell
  3. weather
  4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
  5. vital energy; qi
=2 氣 xì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 餼／饩 (xì, “to give food as a gift”).
  2. Original form of 餼／饩 (xì, “to give food as a gift”).

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