ngậm

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

verb
to hold in one's mouth

	[ngậm]
	động từ.
		hold in one's mouth; keep in one's mouth; keep in one's mouth
		close
			ngậm miệng
			keep silence, never open one's lips/mouth; button one's lip
		endure, bear, stand, hold (grudge)
		ngậm bồ hòn làm ngọt
			keep quiet when suffering or insulted, eat/swallow the leek; to hold a soapberry in one's mouth and make believe it tastes good; to feel deep bitterness while puttingon a happy appearance
		ngậm đắng nuốt cay
		suffer patiently
		ngậm hột thị
			hold a kernel of persimmon, not eloquent