屈 qū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
屈服
qūfú
to submit; to yield
Characters in this word
服 fú
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对舆论压力，调查组没有屈服，而是坚持公开全部证据。 Miànduì yúlùn yālì, diàocházǔ méiyǒu qūfú, ér shì jiānchí gōngkāi quánbù zhèngjù. Facing pressure from public opinion, the investigation team did not yield, but insisted on releasing all the evidence.
- 无论碰到多少困难，我们都不能屈服。 Wúlùn pèngdào duōshǎo kùnnan, wǒmen dōu bùnéng qūfú. No matter how many difficulties we meet, we must not give in.
- 敌人用尽办法，他始终没有屈服。 Dírén yòngjìn bànfǎ, tā shǐzhōng méiyǒu qūfú. The enemy tried everything, but he never yielded.