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Here is the Chinese idiom 「包羞忍恥」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Bao: to contain, to hide; Ren: to tolerate, to endure. Tolerate shame and disgrace.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bāo xiū rěn chǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

baau1 sau1 yan2 chi2

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