困獸

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	beast; quadruped
trad. (困獸)		困	獸
simp. (困兽)		困	兽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kùnshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kùnshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennshow
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kùnshòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

困獸

beast under siege
(figurative) one in a hopeless situation; one who has fallen into an impasse; one on the edge of a precipice

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