| 忍辱偷生 |
rěn rǔ tōu shēng |
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom) |
| 忍 |
rěn |
to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself |
| 辱 |
rǔ |
disgrace / dishonor / to insult / to bring disgrace or humiliation to / to be indebted to / self-deprecating / Taiwan pr. [ru4] |
| 偷 |
tōu |
to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily |
| 偷生 |
tōu shēng |
to live without purpose |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |