At Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan counties, thanks to the strategic planning of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, the locations were connected, and the cities were defended to the death.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
死守
to defend one's property to the death
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to defend one's property to the death
02
to cling obstinately to old habits
03
die-hard
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 死守 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 死守.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 死守.
Directly before
- 你别死守1
Directly after
- 死守城郭1
- 死守著1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 死守
What does 死守 mean in Chinese?
死守 (sǐshǒu) means to defend one's property to the death.
How do you pronounce 死守?
死守 is pronounced sǐshǒu.
Is 死守 an HSK word?
死守 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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