窮寇
qióng​kòu

cornered enemy

  • created sense approved 穷寇/窮寇 · qióng​kòu · cornered enemy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    穷寇 / 窮寇

    qióng​kòu

    cornered enemy

    a hard-pressed foe; an enemy who is backed into a corner and has no way out

    穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · hard-pressed 寇 (literal) → 寇 · kòu · bandit; invader

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

    created sense