服输

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

CEDICT

to admit defeat

Wiktionary

承认失败。如：「人要能不服输的精神，才能愈挫愈勇，屹立不摇。」也作「伏输」。

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 输 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

愿赌服输 yuàndǔfúshū
  1. lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose
  2. fig. you bet, you pay

Related entries

牵就 qiānjiù
  1. to concede
  2. to give up
认输 rènshū
  1. to concede
  2. to admit defeat
让步 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

承认 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

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