寸土不讓

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Chinese

a unit of length
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
not; no
to ask; to let; permit
to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
 
trad. (寸土不讓)
simp. (寸土不让)

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寸土不讓

  1. to not give up a single inch of one's territory