困獸

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Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	beast; quadruped
trad. (困獸)		困	獸
simp. (困兽)		困	兽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kùnshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kùnshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kùnshòu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-shou⁴
  - Yale: kwùn-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennshow
  - Palladius: куньшоу (kunʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

困獸

beast under siege
(figurative) one in a hopeless situation; one who has fallen into an impasse; one on the edge of a precipice

Derived terms

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