to cry without making a noise
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ NQ ì t ū NSH ē ng, which means that tears can only flow to the belly, dare not cry out; it describes suffering when oppressed, dare not reveal publicly. From the water margin.
Idiom explanation
Cry: hold back tears; swallow: Swallow cry.
The origin of Idioms
The ninety eighth chapter of Shi Naian's the complete story of the water margin in Ming Dynasty: "Qiong Ying knows the news like a thousand arrows, weeps day and night, steals bullets with tears, and wants to avenge her parents. She never forgets it."
Idiom usage
Be able to endure. She sobbed in order to love her son. My mother by Zou Taofen
Chinese PinYin : yǐn qì tūn shēng
to cry without making a noise
stop reading to sigh with feeling. fèi shū ér tàn
The moon knows the wind, the foundation knows the rain. yuè yūn zhī fēng,chǔ rùn zhī yǔ