背城借一 — Chinese idiom
背城借一
bèi chéng jiè yī
Meaning
- to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall ; to fight to the last ditch
- to put up a desperate struggle
Character by character
- 背bèiback, backside; to betray, to violate
- 城chéngcastle, city, town; municipality
- 借jièto borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
Idioms sharing a character
- 勾肩搭背 gōu jiān dā bèi
- 扼喉抚背 è hóu fǔ bèi
- 挨肩擦背 āi jiān cā bèi
- 弃约背盟 qì yuē bèi méng
- 汗流浃背 hàn liú jiā bèi
- 背井离乡 bèi jǐng lí xiāng
- 背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì
- 背水一战 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn
- 背道而驰 bèi dào ér chí
- 腹背受敌 fù bèi shòu dí
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