困獸
Chinese
editdistress; sleepy; doze off | beast; quadruped | ||
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trad. (困獸) | 困 | 獸 | |
simp. (困兽) | 困 | 兽 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
edit困獸
- beast under siege
- (figurative) one in a hopeless situation; one who has fallen into an impasse; one on the edge of a precipice