chịu thua

Vietnamese

Etymology

chịu +‎ thua.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiw˧˨ʔ tʰuə˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiw˨˩ʔ tʰuə˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ciw˨˩˨ tʰuə˧˧]

Verb

chịu thua

to give up all resistance; to yield to; to surrender; to succumb to; to give in to
chịu thua áp lực của dân chúng
to give in to popular pressure

Rốt cuộc chúng phải chịu thua cảnh sát.
They end up yielding to the police.

Tôi thà chết chứ không chịu thua nó!
I'd rather die than yield to him!

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