tốt nhịn
Definition
- Adjective:
- Resigned / Forbearing: Describes a person, especially a wife or woman, who patiently endures difficulties or unfair treatment without complaint or protest. It implies a quiet acceptance of a negative situation, often within a relationship or family context.
- Long-suffering: Having or showing patience in spite of troubles, especially those caused by other people.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cô ấy là một người vợ tốt nhịn. (She is a long-suffering / resigned wife.)
- Anh ấy khen mẹ mình là người phụ nữ tốt nhịn. (He praised his mother as a forbearing woman.)
- Sự tốt nhịn của cô ấy cuối cùng cũng có giới hạn. (Her forbearance finally has its limits.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a nuanced, sometimes critical, connotation. It can imply that the person's patience is excessive or that they are enduring an unreasonable situation, rather than simply being virtuous.
- It is frequently used in the context of traditional gender roles, describing a woman who endures hardship in silence for the sake of family harmony.
Variants and Related Words
- Nhẫn nhịn (v): to endure, to bear with patience. This is the verb form from which the adjective "tốt nhịn" is conceptually derived.
- Cô ấy phải nhẫn nhịn nhiều điều. (She has to endure many things.)
Synonyms
- Long-suffering: Bearing problems or unpleasantness with patience.
- Forbearing: Patient and self-controlled.
- Resigned: Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot change.
- Stoic: Enduring pain or hardship without showing feelings or complaining.
Related Idioms
- While "tốt nhịn" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, the concept is central to phrases like:
- Nhịn cho lành: To endure for the sake of peace/to avoid conflict.
- Thôi thì nhịn cho lành. (Just let it be for the sake of peace.)