魚死網破
yú​sǐ​wǎng​pò

life-and-death struggle

  • created sense approved 鱼死网破/魚死網破 · yú​sǐ​wǎng​pò · life-and-death struggle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鱼死网破 / 魚死網破

    yú​sǐ​wǎng​pò

    life-and-death struggle

    lit. either the fish dies or the net breaks; a desperate struggle where both sides fight to the death or suffer heavy losses

    鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 网 (literal) → 网/網 · wǎng · net 破 (literal) → 破 · pò · to break

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

    created sense