忍耻偷生 — “To endure humiliation and cling to life ignominiously”
忍耻偷生 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to endure humiliation and cling to life ignominiously”. To bear shame and survive ignobly. Literally, “Endure shame, secretly live”.
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忍耻偷生 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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尽管生活困苦，他也不愿忍耻偷生，而是选择努力奋斗，争取更好的未来。
Even though life was hard, he refused to endure humiliation and cling to life ignominiously; instead, he chose to strive hard for a better future.
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More idioms starting with 忍
- rěn忍jùn俊bù不zhù住cannot help but laugh
- rěn忍jùn俊bù不jīn禁unable to hold back laughter
- rěn忍yóu尤hán含gòu垢endure blame and disgrace patiently
- rěn忍xīn心hài害lǐ理to be cruel-hearted and violate moral principles
- rěn忍wú无kě可rěn忍beyond endurance
- rěn忍qì气tūn吞shēng声swallow anger and endure humiliation in silence
- rěn忍tòng痛gē割ài爱painfully give up something cherished
- rěn忍chǐ耻hán含gòu垢bear humiliation and endure disgrace
- rěn忍chǐ耻hán含xiū羞endure shame and humiliation
- rěn忍kǔ苦nài耐láo劳endure hardship and work hard
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What does 忍耻偷生 mean?
忍耻偷生 (rěn chǐ tōu shēng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to endure humiliation and cling to life ignominiously”.
How do you pronounce 忍耻偷生?
忍耻偷生 is pronounced rěn chǐ tōu shēng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 忍耻偷生 literally mean?
Literally, 忍耻偷生 means “Endure shame, secretly live”. It is used to mean “to endure humiliation and cling to life ignominiously”.
What is the Chinese definition of 忍耻偷生?
忍受耻辱，苟且求生。同“忍垢偷生”。