忍气吞声

rěn qì tūn shēng de shēng huó

忍气吞声地生活

manage to get by swallowing insults and humiliations

rěn qì tūn shēng de bèi wǔ rǔ

忍气吞声地被侮辱

swallow an insult in silence

tā duì jīng lǐ de cū bào wú lǐ rěn qì tūn shēng yào bu rán tā jiù kě néng bèi jiě gù

他对经理的粗暴无礼忍气吞声，要不然他就可能被解雇。

He choked down the director's rudeness because otherwise he might have lost the job.

tā suǒ néng zuò de jiù shì zài tā zhǎo dào xīn gōng zuò qián rěn qì tūn shēng

他所能做的，就是在他找到新工作前，忍气吞声。

All he could do was grin and bear it until he got a new job.