吞聲

to swallow one's cries

Characters and words in 吞聲

to swallow / to take

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) tried to swallow (吞) a whole mandarin (口) in front of the encampment ((e)n1) and is about to suffocate. Fortunately an angel (天) sees him struggling and rescues him.
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds

= + + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) hears the terrifying sound (声) of bone (丨) on stone in front of the engine ((e)ng1), and he's sure that there must be a ghost (尸). Indeed it's only the bachelor (士) who wants to scare Sherlock.

Words with 吞聲

to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it
see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[ren3 qi4 tun1 sheng1]
to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)

Sentences with 吞聲

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