寸土必争
cùn​tǔ​bì​zhēng

to fight for every inch of land

  • created sense approved 寸土必争/寸土必爭 · cùn​tǔ​bì​zhēng · to fight for every inch of land — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寸土必争 / 寸土必爭

    cùn​tǔ​bì​zhēng

    to fight for every inch of land

    to fight for even the smallest piece of territory without giving in; to struggle relentlessly against an enemy without making any concessions

    寸土 (literal) → 寸土 · cùn​tǔ · tiny piece of land 必 (literal) → 必 · bì · certainly 争 (literal) → 争/爭 · zhēng · to strive

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense