Swallow the truth(tūn yán yān lǐ)

Swallow the truth

Swallowing words, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ū NY á NY ā NL ǐ, meaning dare not speak and defend. It comes from the biography of Wang Zao in southern history.

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Wang Zao in Southern History: "although there are many of them, they are all suffering from the disease. They are famous far and wide, and they are separated by the heavenly Dynasty, so they swallow their words and have no courage to talk about them."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive, etc.

Chinese PinYin : tūn yán yān lǐ