忍无可忍 meaning in English

rěnwúkěrěn

more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw

Traditional 忍無可忍23 strokes

Meaning of 忍无可忍

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

rěnwúkěrěn
  1. more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
  2. the last straw

忍无可忍 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ忍rěn无wú可kě忍rěn了le。
I cannot stomach it.
这zhè些xiē话huà,他tā听tīng过guò不bù止zhǐ一yī次cì,唯wéi其qí不bù止zhǐ一yī次cì,才cái忍rěn无wú可kě忍rěn。
He’d heard this more than once, but once was once more than he could bear.

Stroke order for each character

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忍 rěn · to bear · 7 strokes

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无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes

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可 kě · can · 5 strokes

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忍 rěn · to bear · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 忍无可忍.

可以kěyǐcan; may
可能kěnéngmight (happen); possible
可是kěshìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
可爱kě'àiadorable; cute
可怕kěpàawful; dreadful
可靠kěkàoreliable
可乐kělèamusing; entertaining
认可rènkěto approve; approval
无法wúfǎunable to; incapable of
无论wúlùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
无聊wúliáobored; boring
无所谓wúsuǒwèito be indifferent; not to matter

Questions about 忍无可忍

What does 忍无可忍 mean?

忍无可忍 (rěnwúkěrěn) means "more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw".

How do you write 忍无可忍?

忍无可忍 is made of 4 characters: 忍 (7 strokes), 无 (4 strokes), 可 (5 strokes), 忍 (7 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

How is 忍无可忍 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 忍无可忍 is written 忍無可忍.