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是可忍,孰不可忍
shì​kě​rěn​shú​bù​kě​rěn

if this can be tolerated, what cannot?

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
是可忍,孰不可忍 shì​kě​rěn​shú​bù​kě​rěn
if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
(idiom) used to express that a situation has become completely unbearable; enough is enough. From the "Analects", where 孔子 kǒng​zǐ critiqued the illegal use of imperial rituals by a subordinate.