負隅頑抗
Chinese
editlose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back) |
corner | to stubbornly resist | ||
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trad. (負隅頑抗) | 負 | 隅 | 頑抗 | |
simp. (负隅顽抗) | 负 | 隅 | 顽抗 | |
alternative forms | 負嵎頑抗/负嵎顽抗 |
Etymology
editA tale from Mencius:
- 晉人有馮婦者,善搏虎,卒為善士。則之野,有眾逐虎。虎負嵎,莫之敢攖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Jìn rén yǒu Féng Fù zhě, shàn bó hǔ, zú wéi shànshì. Zé zhī yě, yǒu zhòng zhú hǔ. Hǔ fù yú, mò zhī gǎn yīng. [Pinyin]
- […] There was a man named Feng Fu in Jin, famous for his skill in seizing tigers. Afterwards he became a scholar of reputation, and going once out to the wild country, he found the people all in pursuit of a tiger. The tiger took refuge in a corner of a hill, where no one dared to attack him.
晋人有冯妇者,善搏虎,卒为善士。则之野,有众逐虎。虎负嵎,莫之敢撄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄩˊ ㄨㄢˊ ㄎㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fùyúwánkàng
- Wade–Giles: fu4-yü2-wan2-kʻang4
- Yale: fù-yú-wán-kàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhyuwankanq
- Palladius: фуюйванькан (fujujvanʹkan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu⁵¹ y³⁵ wän³⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu6 jyu4 waan4 kong3
- Yale: fuh yùh wàahn kong
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu6 jy4 waan4 kong3
- Guangdong Romanization: fu6 yu4 wan4 kong3
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː²² jyː²¹ waːn²¹ kʰɔːŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit負隅頑抗
- (figurative) to make a last-ditch fight (relying on a strategically inaccessible place or other conditions)
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