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Chinese
Etymology
A tale from Mencius:
晉人有馮婦者，善搏虎，卒為善士。則之野，有眾逐虎。虎負嵎，莫之敢攖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
晋人有冯妇者，善搏虎，卒为善士。则之野，有众逐虎。虎负嵎，莫之敢撄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Jìn rén yǒu Féng Fù zhě, shàn bó hǔ, zú wéi shànshì. Zé zhī yě, yǒu zhòng zhú hǔ. Hǔ fù yú, mò zhī gǎn yīng.
- There was a man named Feng Fu in Jin, famous for his skill in seizing tigers. Afterwards he became a scholar of reputation, and going once out to the wild country, he found the people all in pursuit of a tiger. The tiger took refuge in a corner of a hill, where no one dared to attack him.
Pronunciation
Idiom
負隅頑抗
- (figurative) to make a last-ditch fight (relying on a strategically inaccessible place or other conditions)