| 背城借一 |
bèi chéng jiè yī |
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle |
| 背 |
bēi |
variant of 背 |
| 背 |
bēi |
to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder |
| 背 |
bèi |
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / (slang) unlucky / hard of hearing |
| 城 |
chéng |
city walls / city / town / CL:座,道,个 |
| 借 |
jiè |
to borrow / (used in combination with 给 or 出 etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 着) by; with |
| 借 |
jiè |
variant of 借 |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |