打掉门牙，往肚子里咽

Traditional form:

打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥

Pinyin (reading):

dǎdiàoményá,wǎngdùzilǐyàn

Definitions:

• lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
• fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically

Characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 掉 - to drop, to fall, to remove
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 牙 - tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
• 往 - to go, to depart; past, former
• 肚 - belly; abdomen, bowels
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 咽 - throat; pharynx

Traditional characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 掉 - to drop, to fall, to remove
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 牙 - tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
• 往 - to go, to depart; past, former
• 肚 - belly; abdomen, bowels
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 嚥 - to swallow, to gulp