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Usage of the character 屈

[屈]
  • surname Qu
[屈]
  • bent
  • to feel wronged
qūfú
屈服
[屈服]
  • to surrender
  • to succumb
  • to yield
  • (as a transitive verb) to defeat
  • to prevail over
qūzūn
屈尊
[屈尊]
  • to condescend
  • to deign
wěiqu
委屈
[委屈]
  • to feel wronged
  • to cause sb to feel wronged
  • grievance
qūrǔ
屈辱
[屈辱]
  • to humiliate
  • humiliating
qūjī
屈肌
[屈肌]
  • flexor (anatomy)
biēqū
憋屈
[憋屈]
  • sullen
qūnáo
屈挠
[屈撓]
  • to surrender
  • to yield
  • to flex
qūcóng
屈从
[屈從]
  • to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
jiàoqū
叫屈
[叫屈]
  • to complain of an injustice
  • to lament sb's misfortune
qūzhǐ
屈指
[屈指]
  • to count on one's fingers
qūtǐ
屈体
[屈體]
  • to bend at the waist
  • (fig.) to bow to
  • (diving) pike position
Qū Yuán
屈原
[屈原]
  • Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷/离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭/楚辞
bùqū
不屈
[不屈]
  • unyielding
  • unbending
yuānqū
冤屈
[冤屈]
  • to treat unjustly
  • an injustice
bàoqū
抱屈
[抱屈]
  • feel wronged
qūqū
屈曲
[屈曲]
  • crooked
qūcái
屈才
[屈才]
  • to waste talent
qūzhéyǔ
屈折语
[屈折語]
  • to inflect (in grammar)
  • to decline
  • to conjugate
qūxīlǐ
屈膝礼
[屈膝禮]
  • curtsy
báiqūcài
白屈菜
[白屈菜]
  • greater celandine
qūguāngdù
屈光度
[屈光度]
  • diopter
qūtóudàn
屈头蛋
[屈頭蛋]
  • see 鴨仔蛋/鸭仔蛋 (yāzǐdàn)
qūqur
屈戌儿
[屈戌兒]
  • staple (used with a hasp)
qūgōngbìng
屈公病
[屈公病]
  • chikungunya fever (Tw)
Qū Yuáncí
屈原祠
[屈原祠]
  • Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨羅江/汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳陽市/岳阳市, Hunan
nìngsǐbùqū
宁死不屈
[寧死不屈]
  • rather die than submit (idiom)
wēiwǔbùqū
威武不屈
[威武不屈]
  • not to submit to force
Qūlúnbóhè
屈伦博赫
[屈倫博赫]
  • Culemborg, city in the Netherlands
jiānqiángbùqū
坚强不屈
[堅強不屈]
  • staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
qūzhǐyīsuàn
屈指一算
[屈指一算]
  • to count on one's fingers
qūzhǐ-kěshǔ
屈指可数
[屈指可數]
  • lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
  • fig. very few
lǐqūcíqióng
理屈词穷
[理屈詞窮]
  • lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom)
  • fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position
  • to not have a leg to stand on
néngshēnnéngqū
能伸能屈
[能伸能屈]
  • can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
  • flexible
jiānzhēnbùqū
坚贞不屈
[堅貞不屈]
  • faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
wěiwěiqūqū
委委屈屈
[委委屈屈]
  • to feel aggrieved
bēigōngqūxī
卑躬屈膝
[卑躬屈膝]
  • to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  • bending and scraping to curry favor
bùqūbùnáo
不屈不挠
[不屈不撓]
  • unyielding
  • indomitable
néngqūnéngshēn
能屈能伸
[能屈能伸]
  • can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
  • flexible
qūdǎchéngzhāo
屈打成招
[屈打成招]
  • to obtain confessions under torture
shǒuqūyīzhǐ
首屈一指
[首屈一指]
  • to count as number one (idiom); second to none
  • outstanding
míngyuānjiàoqū
鸣冤叫屈
[鳴冤叫屈]
  • to complain bitterly
bēigōngqūjié
卑躬屈节
[卑躬屈節]
  • to bow and scrape
  • to act servilely
qūzūnfǔjiù
屈尊俯就
[屈尊俯就]
  • to condescend
  • condescending
  • patronizing
Qū Yuán Jìniànguǎn
屈原纪念馆
[屈原紀念館]
  • Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣/秭归县 ( Zǐguī Xiàn), Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
dàzhàngfunéngqūnéngshēn
大丈夫能屈能伸
[大丈夫能屈能伸]
  • A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
  • ready to give and take
  • flexible