瓦全
wǎ​quán

to survive ignobly

  • created reference approved 瓦全 → 玉碎 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓦全 wǎ​quán

    玉碎 yù​suì

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 瓦全 · wǎ​quán · to survive ignobly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓦全

    wǎ​quán

    to survive ignobly

    literally an unbroken tile; metaphorically used to describe living on by sacrificing one's integrity or surviving ignobly (often in contrast with [[玉碎|玉碎|yu4 sui4]])

    瓦 (literal) → 瓦 · wǎ · tile 全 (literal) → 全 · quán · to preserve

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

    created sense