Definition & Meaning

(of an enemy or robber) fight stubbonly with one's back to the wall; put up a desperate struggle

Word usage

fù yú wán kàng

负 隅 顽 抗

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derog(of an enemy or robber) fight stubbonly with one's back to the wall; put up a desperate struggle
- zuì hòu zhǐ shèng wǒ men jǐ gè wán gù fèn zǐ zài nà lǐ fù yú wán kàng
  最后只剩我们几个顽固分子在那里负隅顽抗。
  In the end, it was just a few of us holdouts standing there.
- tā men yào me fù yú wán kàng ér shēn wáng yào me tóu xiáng ér shòu zhèng fǎ
  他们要么负隅顽抗而身亡，要么投降而受正法。
  They either fight and die, or surrender and be punished.
synonym
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá垂死挣扎 kùn shòu yóu dòu困兽犹斗
antonym
shù shǒu jiù qín束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù fù束手就缚 shù shǒu dài bì束手待毙 fǔ shǒu jiù fù俯首就缚

Word usage

Note
1. "负隅顽抗" is generally used to express the resistance behavior of the enemy or thieves; 2."隅" cannot be pronounced as "ǒu" or "yù", and cannot be written as "偶".

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