背城借一

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	city walls; city; town	to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (背城借一)		背	城	借	一
Literally: “to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèichéngjièyī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ sing⁴ ze³ jat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bèichéngjièyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beycherngjiehi
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèichéngjièyi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bui³ sing⁴ ze³ jat¹
  - Yale: bui sìhng je yāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ sing⁴ dze³ jat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bui³ xing⁴ zé³ yed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːy̯³³ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sɛː³³ jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

背城借一

to fight to the last ditch, to put up a desperate struggle

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