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
be modest enough to take counsel with anyone - nà jiàn rú liú
cause an exchange of partners by mistake between two couples engaged to marry - luàn diǎn yuān yāng