- to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it
- to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
Characters
- 逆 (逆): contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
- 来 (來): to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 顺 (順): to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
- 受 (受): to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 逆来顺受
- MDBG: 逆来顺受
- Examples with 逆来顺受 on Tatoeba
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