困獸

Chinese

distress; sleepy; doze off beast; quadruped
trad. (困獸)
simp. (困兽)

Pronunciation


Noun

困獸

  1. beast under siege
  2. (figurative) one in a hopeless situation; one who has fallen into an impasse; one on the edge of a precipice

Derived terms

  • 困獸之鬥 / 困兽之斗
  • 困獸猶鬥 / 困兽犹斗