背城借一

背城借一

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	city walls; city; town	to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (背城借一)		背	城	借	一
Literally: “to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèichéngjièyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ sing⁴ ze³ jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bèichéngjièyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beycherngjiehi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèichéngjièyi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ sing⁴ ze³ jat¹
    • Yale: bui sìhng je yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ sing⁴ dze³ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ xing⁴ zé³ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːy̯³³ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sɛː³³ jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

背城借一

1. to fight to the last ditch, to put up a desperate struggle