负隅顽抗 — Chinese idiom
负隅顽抗
fù yú wán kàng
Traditional: 負隅頑抗
Meaning
- to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
Character by character
- 负fùload, burden; to carry, to bear
- 隅yúcorner, cranny, niche
- 顽wánstubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate
- 抗kàngto defy, to fight, to resist
Idioms sharing a character
- 不分胜负 bù fēn shèng fù
- 不负众望 bù fù zhòng wàng
- 反裘负刍 fǎn qiú fù chú
- 如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù
- 徒呼负负 tú hū fù fù
- 忍辱负重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng
- 忘恩负义 wàng ēn fù yì
- 负荆请罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì
- 向隅而泣 xiàng yú ér qì
- 局促一隅 jú cù yī yú
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