to feel that one has been treated unjustly or unfairly

to surrender, succumb, or give in to pressure or force

Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting (Lisao) in Songs of Chu (Chu Ci)

refusing to yield or submit to pressure, force, or hardship

to subject someone to shame, disgrace, or a loss of dignity

feeling wronged and unable to vent; sullen

very few in number; so few that they can be counted on one's fingers

to count as number one; second to none

persistent and unyielding; refusing to give up or be defeated despite setbacks

crooked; bent; winding

to submit, yield, or bow to someone's will

able to adapt to circumstances by either submitting to adversity or asserting oneself when appropriate; resilient

a grievance or the state of being treated unfairly

to count on one's fingers

rather die than submit

to lower oneself to a level considered beneath one's dignity or status

to complain of an injustice or protest against unfair treatment

to act in a fawning or servile manner; to bow and scrape to curry favor

flexor (anatomy)

faithful and unchanging (idiom); firm and unyielding

to waste talent

staunch and unyielding; steadfast

to obtain confessions under torture

unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position or defend oneself after being proven wrong; at a loss for words due to flawed reasoning

not to submit to force

to complain bitterly about an injustice

to count on one's fingers

to bend or flex physically

to act in a servile or submissive manner; to bow and scrape

able to adapt to changing circumstances, knowing when to yield and when to assert oneself

a language characterized by morphological changes to words, such as declension and conjugation, to express grammatical relationships

Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui County, Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then

staple (used with a hasp)

to lower oneself to a level or task considered below one's dignity or status; to deign

Culemborg, city in the Netherlands

greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)

Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river at Yueyang, Hunan

chikungunya fever (Taiwan usage)

to bend the body at the waist

a person of character is able to adapt to circumstances, knowing when to yield and when to stand firm

to feel aggrieved