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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
殿軍
- (military or figurative) rearguard
牛牧师真想踢他一脚，可是又舍不得那顿饭，只好作了殿军。 [MSC, simp.]
牛牧師真想踢他一腳，可是又舍不得那頓飯，只好作了殿軍。 [MSC, trad.]- From: 1966, Lao She, Beneath the Red Banner《正红旗下》, translated based on the work by Don J. Cohn
- Niú mùshī zhēn xiǎng tī tā yījiǎo, kěshì yòu shèbùdé nà dùn fàn, zhǐhǎo zuò le diànjūn.
- Reverend Bull would have liked to have given him a swift kick, but since he was hardly willing to give up the meal, he resigned himself to taking up the rearguard.
- (by extension) last place in a competition; last among the winners