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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

耐心 [nàixīn]
  1. 1. adjective patient
    她对孩子很有耐心
    She's very patient with children.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

耐心 [nàixīn]
  1. 1. patient; patiently
    耐心等待
    wait patiently
    她做任何事都耐心得很。
    She does everything patiently.
  2. 2. patience
    失去耐心
    lose one's patience; be out of patience

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

耐心 [nàixīn]
  1. 1. 能在长时间里不急躁、不厌烦
    耐心地等候。
  2. 2. 不急躁、不厌烦的心情
    做思想教育工作没有耐心不行。

Examples

干这种活儿非要有耐心才成。
You've got to have patience in doing this kind of work.
她做任何事都耐心得很。
She does everything patiently.
耐心劝导
try patiently to talk sb. round
耐心说服他。
Talk to him patiently to bring him round.
教练耐心地指点他们。
The coach patiently instructs them.
他不会不辞而别的,我们还是耐心等待吧。
He will not leave without saying goodbye, we’d better wait patiently.
章老师很有耐心,给学生讲解题目时总是不惮其烦。
Mr. Zhang is a very patient teacher, and takes great trouble to answer his student's questions.
这些丛残的整理非常艰难,我们一定要有耐心
Sorting out fragment pieces is difficult work that requires us patience.

Collocations

耐心细致
patient and considerate
非常耐心
very patiently
缺乏耐心
to lack patience
耐心等待
to patiently wait for

Word Decomposition


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