背水一战 — Chinese idiom
背水一战
bèi shuǐ yī zhàn
Traditional: 背水一戰
Meaning
- lit. fight with one's back to the river ; fig. to fight to win or die
Character by character
- 背bèiback, backside; to betray, to violate
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 战zhànwar, fighting, battle
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
- 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī
- 背道而驰 bèi dào ér chí
- 腹背受敌 fù bèi shòu dí
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