to cry without making a noise

to cry without making a noise

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ NQ ì t ū NSH ē ng, which means that tears can only flow to the belly, dare not cry out; it describes suffering when oppressed, dare not reveal publicly. From the water margin.

Idiom explanation

Cry: hold back tears; swallow: Swallow cry.

The origin of Idioms

The ninety eighth chapter of Shi Naian's the complete story of the water margin in Ming Dynasty: "Qiong Ying knows the news like a thousand arrows, weeps day and night, steals bullets with tears, and wants to avenge her parents. She never forgets it."

Idiom usage

Be able to endure. She sobbed in order to love her son. My mother by Zou Taofen