We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「忍恥偷生」, with its usage explained below.
The idiom 「忍恥偷生」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Endure humiliation and survive. Same as “endure filth and live in seclusion”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rěn chǐ tōu shēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan2 chi2 tau1 saang1/sang1
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
