a cornered beast will still fight (idiom); to fight like an animal at bay
trad. 困獸猶鬥
Also written 困獸猶鬥【kùn shòu yóu dòu】
Characters in this word
4困
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to trap, to surround, hard-pressed, stranded, destitute
- Pinyin
- kùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12835 of 2500
兽
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beast, animal, beastly, bestial
- Pinyin
- shòu
- Traditional
- 獸
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 10900 of 2500
犹
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as if, (just) like, just as, still, yet
- Pinyin
- yóu
- Traditional
- 猶
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 46919 of 2500
斗
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abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
- Pinyin
- Dǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7149 of 2500