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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

忍耐 [rěnnài]
  1. 1. verb show restraint

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

忍耐 [rěnnài]
  1. 1. exercise patience; exercise restraint; restrain oneself; endure; endurance
    你还是忍耐一点吧,否则要吃亏的。
    You'd better restrain yourself a little or you'll come to grief.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

忍耐 [rěnnài]
  1. 1. 抑制某种感觉或情绪使不表现出来
    忍耐不住悲痛。

Examples

请你再忍耐一下,门巴马上就要来了。
Be patient for a while. The doctor is coming.
请转告孙某,我的忍耐是有限度的。
忍耐
权时忍耐,不可急躁。
忍耐已经达到极限。
This story requires a long explanation and, therefore, have patience and compose your mind to hear it out.
这个事实需要很多的解释,所以,请你忍耐一下,镇静一下,把这事情的始末听完。
How long can a person endure without food and water?
没有水和食物,人能忍耐多久?

Collocations

学会忍耐
to learn to be patient
忍耐不住
to become impatient
极力忍耐
to keep one's temper
长期忍耐
to endure patiently for a long period of time
忍耐多时
to be patient for a long time

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