忍辱偷生

Chinese

		to endure humiliation	to choose to live on in disgrace instead of dying honorably; to drag out an ignoble existence
simp. and trad. (忍辱偷生)		忍辱	偷生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rěnrǔtōushēng, rěnrùtōushēng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˇ ㄊㄡㄕㄥ, ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄊㄡㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² juk⁶ tau¹ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: rěnrǔtōushēng [Phonetic: rénrǔtōushēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˇ ㄊㄡㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenruutousheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: rěnrùtōushēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄊㄡㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenruhtousheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan² juk⁶ tau¹ sang¹
  - Yale: yán yuhk tāu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan² juk⁹ tau¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen² yug⁶ teo¹ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

忍辱偷生

to endure humiliation in order to remain alive

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