- lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
- fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
Characters
- 四 (四): four; 4
- 面 (面): face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- 楚 (楚): surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
- 歌 (歌): song; CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]; to sing
Resources
- Wiktionary: 四面楚歌
- MDBG: 四面楚歌
- Examples with 四面楚歌 on Tatoeba
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