打落牙齒和血吞

Chinese
tooth
 
mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
 blood to swallow; to take
trad. (打落牙齒和血吞) 打落 牙齒 和 血 吞
simp. (打落牙齿和血吞) 打落 牙齿 和 血 吞

Etymology

Literally: knock out (the) teeth (and) mix (with) blood (, then) swallow (both teeth and blood mixed together)

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎluò yáchǐ huò xiě tūn, dǎluò yáchǐ huò xuě tūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄔˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄨㄣ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄔˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄊㄨㄣ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: dǎluò yáchǐ huò xiě tūn
      • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄔˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄨㄣ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daaluoh yachyy huoh shiie tuen
      • IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ i̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
    • (Standard Chinese, nonstandard or dialectal)+
      • Pinyin: dǎluò yáchǐ huò xuě tūn
      • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄔˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄊㄨㄣ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daaluoh yachyy huoh sheue tuen
      • IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ i̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

Idiom

打落牙齒和血吞

  1. to silently endure all manner of insults and abuse
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