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打掉门牙，往肚子里咽

dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn

10-character word Traditional 打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥

What 打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 means

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

The characters in 打掉门牙，往肚子里咽

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 牙yátooth; ivory
• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards
• 肚dùbelly
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 咽yànto swallow