捏着鼻子吃酸醋，不咽也得咽捏著鼻子吃酸醋，不嚥也得嚥捏着鼻子吃酸醋，不嚥也得嚥

pinch your nose and drink sour vinegar: you have to swallow it even if you don't want to

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Forced by circumstances, you must submit to something unpleasant. Similar to 'bite the bullet'.

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Simplified: 捏着鼻子吃酸醋，不咽也得咽
Traditional (Taiwan): 捏著鼻子吃酸醋，不嚥也得嚥
Traditional (Hong Kong): 捏着鼻子吃酸醋，不嚥也得嚥
Pinyin: niēzhebízi chī suāncù, bú yàn yě děi yàn
Pinyin (Taiwan): niēzhebízi chī suāncù, bú yàn yě de yàn
Bopomofo: ㄋㄧㄝ ˙ㄓㄜㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗㄔㄙㄨㄢㄘㄨˋ，ㄅㄨˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄧㄢˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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