Swallow the truth
Swallowing words, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ū NY á NY ā NL ǐ, meaning dare not speak and defend. It comes from the biography of Wang Zao in southern history.
The origin of Idioms
The biography of Wang Zao in Southern History: "although there are many of them, they are all suffering from the disease. They are famous far and wide, and they are separated by the heavenly Dynasty, so they swallow their words and have no courage to talk about them."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive, etc.
Swallow the truth
use a stone as a pillow and rinse one 's mouth by means of stream - water -- living in seclusion - zhěn shí sòu liú
feel dizzy and with one 's eyesight dimmed - tóu hūn yǎn yūn
look after the suffering of the people - guān xīn mín mò