忍氣吞聲

to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it

to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself

gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi

to swallow / to take

to swallow one's cries

sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds