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Character Decomposition
忍=刃+心
Etymology
A knife 刃 piercing the heart 心; 刃 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings
to bear
to endure
to tolerate
to restrain oneself
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Words with 忍 151 total
Idioms with 忍 47 total
to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)爱不忍释ài bù rěn shìlit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom) · fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious惨不忍睹cǎn bù rěn dǔ(idiom) dreadful to hear惨不忍闻cǎn bù rěn wénlit. if this can be tolerated, what cannot be tolerated? (idiom) · fig. if one can bear this, one can bear anything此而可忍，孰不可忍cǐ ér kě rěn ，shú bù kě rěn