nén lòng

Thân thiện

Người chiến sĩ nén lòng để tiếp tục nhiệm vụ.

Definition

Verb: - To repress or suppress one's feelings: To consciously hold back or restrain one's emotions, desires, or impulses, often in a difficult situation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy phải nén lòng để không khóc trước mặt mọi người. (She had to suppress her feelings to avoid crying in front of everyone.)
  • Anh ấy nén lòng thù hận và bước đi. (He repressed his hatred and walked away.)
  • Tôi biết anh buồn, nhưng hãy cố nén lòng. (I know you're sad, but try to hold it in.)

Advanced Usage

• "nén lòng chịu đựng": to grit one's teeth and endure; to bear something by suppressing one's feelings.
  • Vì tương lai con cái, bà ấy nén lòng chịu đựng mọi khổ cực. (For her children's future, she gritted her teeth and endured all hardships.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nén (verb): to compress, to press down, to hold back (a more general term).
  • nén giận (to suppress anger)
  • nén đau (to bear the pain)
• Kìm nén (verb): to restrain, to hold back (often used interchangeably with "nén lòng" but can be more general).
  • kìm nén cảm xúc (to restrain emotions)

Synonyms

• Kìm chế (verb): to control, to restrain.
• Đè nén (verb): to press down, to suppress (can be used for feelings).
• Chế ngự (verb): to master, to subdue (often used for emotions or desires).

Related Phrases

• "nuốt hận nén đau": to swallow resentment and suppress pain; to endure humiliation and suffering silently.
  • Trong chiến tranh, người dân phải nuốt hận nén đau mà sống. (During the war, people had to live by swallowing resentment and suppressing pain.)

Related Idioms

• "Nén bạc nén vàng": This is a different idiom meaning "a bar of silver, a bar of gold" and is not related to suppressing feelings. It is included here to avoid confusion with the target phrase "nén lòng".

Học thuật

verb

1. to repress; suppress one's feelings