Results, 背水の陣

背水の陣【はいすいのじんhaisuinojin】

expression:

  • fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

Kanji definition:

背
常用６年JLPTN3

ハイHAI・せse・せいsei・そむくsomu.ku・そむけるsomu.keru

stature; height; back; behind; disobey; defy; go back on; rebel

Strokes:
9
Radical:
肉⺼月 meat
SKIP:
2-5-4
UTF:
80cc
JIS208:
39-56
Hangul:
배 [bae] ・ 패 [pae]
Pinyin:
bèi / bēi
Stroke order:
Example words:
背景【はいけいhaikei】
background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context; / backing; support (from behind the scenes)
背中【せなかsenaka】
back (of body)
背後【はいごhaigo】
back; rear; / background; behind the scenes
背任【はいにんhainin】
breach of trust; malfeasance; malpractice; misappropriation
背【せいsei】
height; stature
水
常用１年JLPTN5

スイSUI・みずmizu・みず~mizu

water

Strokes:
4
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
4-4-3
UTF:
6c34
JIS208:
31-69
Nanori:
うずuzu・ずみzumi・つtsu・どdo・みmi・みさmisa・みつmitsu・みなmina・みんmin
Hangul:
수 [su]
Pinyin:
shuǐ
Stroke order:
Example words:
水【みずmizu】
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); / fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; / flood; floodwaters; / water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; / break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
水準【すいじゅんsuijun】
level; standard; / water level
水面【すいめんsuimen】
water's surface
水道【すいどうsuidou】
water supply; water service; waterworks; / channel; strait; / water course; waterway
水田【すいでんsuiden】
(water-filled) paddy field
陣
常用中学校JLPTN1

ジンJIN

camp; battle array; ranks; position; sudden; brief time

Strokes:
10
Radical:
阝阜⻖ mound
SKIP:
1-3-7
UTF:
9663
JIS208:
31-56
Hangul:
진 [jin]
Pinyin:
zhèn
Stroke order:
Example words:
陣営【じんえいjin'ei】
camp (group of same ideological beliefs); faction (of political party); / military camp; encampment; cantonment
報道陣【ほうどうじんhoudoujin】
press corps
退陣【たいじんtaijin】
resignation; stepping down; retirement; / retreat; decamping; withdrawal
布陣【ふじんfujin】
battle formation; / lineup (e.g. for a game)
初陣【ういじんuijin】
one's first campaign; one's first battle

Kanji

背

ハイHAI・せse・せいsei・そむくsomu.ku・そむけるsomu.keru

stature; height; back; behind; disobey; defy; go back on; rebel

水

スイSUI・みずmizu・みず~mizu

water


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