困獸
Chinese
| distress; sleepy; doze off | beast; quadruped | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (困獸) | 困 | 獸 | |
| simp. (困兽) | 困 | 兽 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kùnshòu
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kùnshòu
- Wade–Giles: kʻun4-shou4
- Yale: kwùn-shòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennshow
- Palladius: куньшоу (kunʹšou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
困獸
- beast under siege
- (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