背水一戰
See also: 背水一战
Chinese
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learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder
!water; river
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one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
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to fight; fight; war; battle
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Etymology
Literally: fight with one's back to the river
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄧ ㄓㄢˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyshoeiyi1jann
- IPA (key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂa̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
背水一戰
- to be forced to stand and fight; to make a desperate last stand
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