Usage of the character 隅
yú
隅
[隅]
- corner
xiàngyú
向隅
[向隅]
- lit. to face the corner (idiom)
- fig. to miss out on sth
hǎiyú
海隅
[海隅]
- coastal area
Cháyú
察隅
[察隅]
- Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區／林芝地区 ( Línzhīdìqū), Tibet
Cháyúxiàn
察隅县
[察隅縣]
- Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區／林芝地区 ( Línzhīdìqū), Tibet
jǔyúfǎ
举隅法
[舉隅法]
- synecdoche
fùyú-wánkàng
负隅顽抗
[負隅頑抗]
- (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
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