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饮泣吞声
yǐn​qì​tūn​shēng

to weep in silence

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
饮泣吞声 飲泣吞聲 yǐn​qì​tūn​shēng
to weep in silence
to choke back tears and swallow one's sobs; to suffer in silence without daring to voice one's grief or resentment

Frequency

Written text
0.003 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 吞声饮泣 tūn​shēng​yǐn​qì

Antonym

  • 嚎啕大哭 háo​táo​dà​kū

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)