服輸

服输
fúshū
  1. to concede
  2. to admit defeat
  3. to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right

CEDICT

to admit defeat

Wiktionary

承認失敗。如：「人要能不服輸的精神，才能愈挫愈勇，屹立不搖。」也作「伏輸」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 服 fú
  1. clothes
  2. dress
  3. garment
  4. to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)
  5. to obey
  6. to be convinced (by an argument)
  7. to convince
  8. to admire
  9. to acclimatize
  10. to take (medicine)
  11. mourning clothes
  12. to wear mourning clothes
2 輸 shū
  1. to lose; to be beaten
  2. (bound form) to transport
  3. (literary) to donate; to contribute
  4. (coll.) to enter (a password)

Containing this entry

願賭服輸 yuàndǔfúshū
  1. lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose
  2. fig. you bet, you pay

Related entries

牽就 qiānjiù
  1. to concede
  2. to give up
認輸 rènshū
  1. to concede
  2. to admit defeat
讓步 ràngbù
  1. to concede
  2. to give in
  3. to yield
  4. a concession
  5. (linguistics) concessive
他让步了.

He gave in.

Source: Tatoeba

承認 chéngrèn
  1. to admit
  2. to concede
  3. to recognize
  4. recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)
  5. to acknowledge
他承认有罪。

He confessed that he was guilty.

Source: Tatoeba

退讓 tuìràng
  1. to move aside
  2. to get out of the way
  3. to back down
  4. to concede
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