穷寇莫追 qióngkòumòzhuī don't push a cornered enemy too hard Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 穷寇 窮寇 qióngkòu cornered enemy a hard-pressed foe; an enemy who is backed into a corner and has no way out莫 mò do not (literary) do not; must not; used as a command to forbid an action追 zhuī verb to chase to chase; to pursue; to follow closely in order to catch up