Usage of the character 隅
yú
隅
[隅]
- corner
xiàngyú
向隅
[向隅]
- (lit.) to face the corner
- (fig.) to miss out on sth
hǎiyú
海隅
[海隅]
- coastal area
jǔyúfǎ
举隅法
[舉隅法]
- synecdoche
fùyúwánkàng
负隅顽抗
[負隅頑抗]
- (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
xiàngyú'érqì
向隅而泣
[向隅而泣]
- (idiom) to weep in solitude
júcùyīyú
局促一隅
[局促一隅]
- to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
shīzhīdōngyú,shōuzhīsāngyú
失之东隅，收之桑榆
[失之東隅，收之桑榆]
- to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
- to compensate later for one's earlier loss
- what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts