背城借一
Traditional form:
背城借一
Pinyin (reading):
bèichéngjièyī
Definitions:
- to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
- to put up a desperate struggle
Characters:
- 背 - back, backside; to betray, to violate
- 城 - castle, city, town; municipality
- 借 - to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
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