Results, 四面楚歌

四面楚歌【しめんそかshimensoka】

noun / ~の noun:

  • being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody - four character idiom

あんなanna四面楚歌shimensokaのno状態joutaiでde、彼kareよくyoku仕事shigotoしてられるshiterareruよyoなna。 He's completely shunned. I'm surprised he's still working here.

Kanji definition:

四

シSHI・よyo・よつyo.tsu・よっつyo.tsu・よんyon

four

➜
亖
Strokes:
5
Radical:
囗 enclosure
SKIP:
4-5-1
UTF:
56db
JIS208:
27-45
Nanori:
あa・つtsu・よつyotsu
Hangul:
사 [sa]
Pinyin:
sì
Stroke order:
Example words:
四【よんyon】
four
四月【しがつshigatsu】
April
十四【じゅうしjuushi】
14; fourteen
四十【よんじゅうyonjuu】
forty
四百【よんひゃくyonhyaku】
four hundred
面

メンMEN・ベンBEN・おもomo・おもてomote・つらtsura

mask; face; features; surface

➜
靣
Strokes:
9
Radical:
面靣 face
SKIP:
3-5-4
UTF:
9762
JIS208:
44-44
Nanori:
おo・ずらzura・ほおつきhootsuki・もmo
Hangul:
면 [myeon]
Pinyin:
miàn
Stroke order:
Example words:
面【つらtsura】
face; mug; / surface; / cheek meat; / cheek; cheeks; / surrounding area
当面【とうめんtoumen】
current; urgent; pressing; impending; / to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); / for the meantime; at present
全面【ぜんめんzenmen】
whole surface; entire
場面【ばめんbamen】
scene; setting (e.g. of novel)
画面【がめんgamen】
terminal screen; scene; picture; the field (in TV); photo
楚

ソSO・ショSHO・いばらibara・しもとshimoto・すわえsuwae

whip; cane

Strokes:
13
Radical:
疋⺪ bolt of cloth
SKIP:
2-8-5
UTF:
695a
JIS208:
33-31
Hangul:
초 [cho]
Pinyin:
chǔ
Stroke order:
Example words:
清楚【せいそseiso】
neat and clean; tidy; trim
四面楚歌【しめんそかshimensoka】
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
楚々【そそsoso】
graceful; neat
楚【すわえsuwae】
switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); / switch (cane used for flogging)
楚【しもとshimoto】
switch (flogging implement made from a branch)
歌

カKA・うたuta・うたうuta.u

song; sing

Strokes:
14
Radical:
欠 yawn
SKIP:
1-10-4
UTF:
6b4c
JIS208:
18-46
Hangul:
가 [ga]
Pinyin:
gē
Stroke order:
Example words:
歌【うたuta】
song; / classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); / modern poetry
歌手【かしゅkashu】
singer
歌舞伎【かぶきkabuki】
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
短歌【たんかtanka】
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
歌人【かじんkajin】
poet (of tanka poems)

Kanji

四

シSHI・よyo・よつyo.tsu・よっつyo.tsu・よんyon

four

面

メンMEN・ベンBEN・おもomo・おもてomote・つらtsura

mask; face; features; surface


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