逆来顺受

Traditional form:

逆來順受

Pinyin (reading):

nìláishùnshòu

Definitions:

• to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it
• to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc

Characters:

• 逆 - to disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 顺 - to submit to, to obey, to go along with
• 受 - to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

Traditional characters:

• 逆 - to disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 順 - to submit to, to obey, to go along with
• 受 - to receive, to get, to accept; to bear