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降

xiáng

Definition

to surrender
to capitulate
to subdue
to tame

Other pronunciations

jiàng

to drop
to fall
to come down
to descend

Character Decomposition

Related words (12)

to subdue; to vanquish; to tame

to subdue monsters

surrendered enemy general

to yield; to surrender

to accept surrender

to surrender; surrender

to surrender; to accept defeat

feigned surrender

to force sb to surrender

shòu xiáng yí shì

a surrender ceremony

shì sǐ bù xiáng

to vow to fight to the death

无条件投降

wú tiáo jiàn tóu xiáng

unconditional surrender

Idioms (3)

xiáng lóng fú hǔ

to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)

zhāo xiáng nà pàn

to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains

一物降一物

yī wù xiáng yī wù

(lit.) one object bests another object; every item has a weakness (idiom); there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

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