困獸

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	beast; quadruped
trad. (困獸)		困	獸
simp. (困兽)		困	兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùnshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùnshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùnshòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-shou⁴
    • Yale: kwùn-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennshow
    • Palladius: куньшоу (kunʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

困獸

1. beast under siege
2. (figurative) one in a hopeless situation; one who has fallen into an impasse; one on the edge of a precipice

Derived terms

• 困獸之鬥／困兽之斗
• 困獸猶鬥／困兽犹斗