Kàn de pò; rěn bu guò.

看得破, 忍不過。

Lit [Although one] can see through it, [one] can [hardly] endure [it].

Fig Although one can understand something philosophically, (sometimes) one just can't stand it.

Note [Cf. Érnǚ Yīngxióng Zhuàn, chap. 40; cf. the (Buddhist) chengyu: kàn pò hóngchén, “to see through the emptiness of the material world.”]

Topics Buddhism ENDURANCE Érnǚ Yīngxióng Zhuàn PATIENCE PHILOSOPHY