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我慢 — meaning in English

gaman

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English meaning

  • patience noun The ability to wait calmly or endure difficulty without becoming frustrated.
  • restraint noun A device or measure that holds something back or keeps it secure.
  • stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
  • suffer verb To experience pain, hardship, or distress.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

我慢 is used for these senses in English:

  • patience The quality of being patient.
  • restraint (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
  • stand (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
  • take (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).

patience — full definition

  1. noun The ability to wait calmly or endure difficulty without becoming frustrated.
  2. noun A card game played by one person, arranging cards in a set order (also called solitaire).

restraint — full definition

  1. noun A device or measure that holds something back or keeps it secure.
  2. noun Self-control; the quality of holding back from acting on every impulse.

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