困兽犹斗 — Chinese idiom
困兽犹斗
kùn shòu yóu dòu
Traditional: 困獸猶鬥
Meaning
- a cornered beast will still fight
- to fight like an animal at bay
Character by character
- 困kùnto surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress;
- 兽shòubeast, animal; bestial
- 犹yóusimilar to, just like, as
- 斗dòuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
Idioms sharing a character
- 人困马乏 rén kùn mǎ fá
- 内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn
- 扶危济困 fú wēi jì kùn
- 济危扶困 jì wēi fú kùn
- 济困扶危 jì kùn fú wēi
- 穷困潦倒 qióng kùn liáo dǎo
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
- 作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn
- 如鸟兽散 rú niǎo shòu sàn
- 洪水猛兽 hóng shuǐ měng shòu
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