Definition

1. Verb:
   • To endure / to bear patiently: To tolerate a difficult, unpleasant, or unfair situation without complaining or reacting angrily. It implies a conscious choice to exercise restraint.
   • To forbear: To patiently control oneself when provoked, choosing not to retaliate.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy đã nhẫn nhịn sự chỉ trích vô lý trong nhiều năm. (She endured the unreasonable criticism for many years.)
  • Để giữ hòa khí, anh ấy đã nhẫn nhịn không nói gì. (To keep the peace, he forbore from saying anything.)
  • Người mẹ ấy phải nhẫn nhịn rất nhiều. (That mother has to bear a great deal.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often conveys a sense of silent, long-term suffering or tolerance, frequently for a higher purpose (e.g., family harmony, future gain). It is stronger and more passive than simple patience ("kiên nhẫn").

Variants and Related Words

• Nhẫn nhục (v): To endure hardship or humiliation with resignation, often with a Buddhist connotation of acceptance.

  • Họ nhẫn nhục chịu đựng cảnh nghèo khó. (They resignedly endured poverty.)

• Chịu đựng (v): To suffer, to withstand, to put up with. This is a more general term for tolerance.

  • Chịu đựng đau đớn. (To withstand pain.)

Synonyms

• Endure: To suffer something painful or difficult patiently.
• Forbear: To refrain from doing something; to be patient.
• Tolerate: To allow the existence or occurrence of something without interference.
• Put up with (idiomatic): To tolerate or endure.

Related Idioms

• Nhẫn nhịn chịu thương chịu khó: To endure hardship and hard work patiently. This idiom describes a virtue of persevering through difficulties.
  • Người nông dân nhẫn nhịn chịu thương chịu khó quanh năm. (The farmer endures hardship and toils patiently all year round.)