Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Resigned and modest; patient and unassuming: Describes a person who endures hardship or lives with quiet patience, humility, and without complaint, often while keeping a low profile.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy sống một cuộc đời ẩn nhẫn. (He lives a resigned and modest life.)
  • Với sự ẩn nhẫn, bà chờ đợi tin tức. (With quiet patience, she waited for news.)

Advanced Usage

• This is a literary and somewhat rare word, often used to describe a virtuous, enduring quality in the face of life's difficulties, emphasizing both inner patience and outward modesty.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhẫn nhịn (v): to endure, to forbear. This is a more common verb focusing on the aspect of忍耐 (endurance).

  • Cô ấy nhẫn nhịn mọi khó khăn. (She endures all difficulties.)

• Khiêm nhường (adj): humble, modest. This shares the aspect of modesty but lacks the connotation of patient endurance found in "ẩn nhẫn."

Synonyms

• Patient and unassuming
• Resigned and humble
• Long-suffering and modest

Related Concepts

• The term combines the ideas of "ẩn" (to hide, to conceal, implying a withdrawn or low-profile life) and "nhẫn" (patience, forbearance). It paints a picture of someone who bears life's burdens with quiet dignity and without seeking attention.