逆来顺受

nì lái shùn shòu

to take whatever comes lying down

Character by character

逆nì
adversity

来lái
comes

顺shùn
meekly

受shòu
accept

她不愿意再逆来顺受，决定辞职。

Unwilling to go on taking it lying down, she decided to resign.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Learn this in Lesson 210 · HSK 9+: 鲁迅与白话文 (Lu Xun and the birth of modern writing)

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