to yield; submit; surrender (variant of 屈服)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to yield; to submit; to surrender; to give in (variant of 屈服)
archaicLiterary variant of 屈服. Less common in modern spoken Mandarin, but appears in written texts and fixed expressions.
Miàn面
duì对
qiáng强
quán权
，
tā他
nìng宁
sǐ死
bù不
kěn肯
qū屈
fú伏
。
Facing tyranny, he would rather die than submit.
Dí敌
jūn军
pò迫
shǐ使
wǒ我
men们
qū屈
fú伏
tóu投
xiáng降
。
The enemy forced us to surrender and yield.
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Zài在
jù巨
dà大
de的
jīng经
jì济
yā压
lì力
xià下
，
tā他
zuì最
zhōng终
qū屈
fú伏
le了
。
Under immense economic pressure, he eventually gave in.