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困獸猶鬥
简 困兽犹斗 · 繁 困獸猶鬥Mandarin · pinyin kùn shòu yóu dòu
Meanings
- a cornered beast will still fight (idiom)
- to fight like an animal at bay
Characters in this entry
- 困
- kùn · to surround, besiege; to be surrounded; difficult; hexagram ䷮
- 獸
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- 猶
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- 鬥
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- 兽
- shòu · beast, animal; bestial
- 犹
- yóu · like, similar to, just like, as
- 斗
- dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
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Mandarin tones
4–4–2–4 · kun4 shou4 you2 dou4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kwan3 sau3 jau4 dau3
Cantonese word readings for 困獸猶鬥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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kwan3 sau3 jau4 dau3
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