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
trad. (忍辱偷生)		忍辱	偷生
simp. ^#(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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rěnrǔtōushēng [Phonetic: rénrǔtōushēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˇ ㄊㄡㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rěnrǔtousheng
  - Wade–Giles: jên³-ju³-tʻou¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: rěn-rǔ-tōu-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenruutousheng
  - Palladius: жэньжутоушэн (žɛnʹžutoušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rěnrùtōushēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄊㄡㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rěnrùtousheng
  - Wade–Giles: jên³-ju⁴-tʻou¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: rěn-rù-tōu-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenruhtousheng
  - Palladius: жэньжутоушэн (žɛnʹžutoušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan² juk⁶ tau¹ sang¹
  - Yale: yán yuhk tāu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan² juk⁹ tau¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen² yug⁶ teo¹ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

忍辱偷生

to endure humiliation in order to remain alive

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