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屈
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Definitions
- 1. bent
- 2. to feel wronged
Words Containing 屈
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
to obtain confessions under torture
rather die than submit (idiom)
not to submit to force
to capitulate
to feel wronged
to bend at the waist
to condescend
greater celandine
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom)
sullen
feel wronged
diopter
can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
crooked
unyielding
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
to treat unjustly
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
to humiliate
to surrender
to count on one's fingers
Culemborg, city in the Netherlands
to complain bitterly
to count as number one (idiom); second to none
faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
unyielding
to feel aggrieved
to waste talent
to condescend
flexor (anatomy)
curtsy
to surrender
to count on one's fingers
to bow and scrape
to inflect (in grammar)
Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳陽市|岳阳市, Hunan
Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[zǐ guī xiàn], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
to complain of an injustice
see 鴨仔蛋|鸭仔蛋[yā zǐ dàn]