"to surrender" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 投降 | to surrender | syn | |
| 屈服 | to surrender / to succumb / to yield / (as a transitive verb) to defeat / to prevail over | syn | |
| 自首 | to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities) | syn | |
| 陷落 | to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land) | syn | |
| 缴械 繳械 | to disarm / (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons / to surrender | syn | |
| 投诚 投誠 | to defect / to surrender / to capitulate | syn | |
| 降服 | to yield / to surrender | syn | |
| 降 | to surrender / to capitulate / to subdue / to tame | syn | |
| 缴枪 繳槍 | to lay down one's arms / to surrender / to disarm | syn | |
| 纳降 納降 | to surrender / to accept defeat | ||
| 弃守 棄守 | to give up defending / to yield / to surrender | ||
| 屈挠 屈撓 | to surrender / to yield / to flex |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 迫降 | to force sb to surrender | ||
| 义无反顾 義無反顧 | honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts | syn | |
| 投案 | to surrender to the authorities / to turn oneself in (for a crime) | syn | |
| 归顺 歸順 | to surrender and pay allegiance to | syn | |
| 受降 | to accept surrender | ||
| 丧权辱国 喪權辱國 | to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom) / to surrender territory under humiliating terms | syn | |
| 无条件投降 無條件投降 | unconditional surrender | ||
| 招抚 招撫 | to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender | syn | |
| 诈降 詐降 | feigned surrender | syn | |
| 八一五 | 15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945) | ||
| 受降仪式 受降儀式 | a surrender ceremony | ||
| 终战日 終戰日 | armistice day / cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 | ||
| 缴枪不杀 繳槍不殺 | “surrender and your life will be spared” | ||
| 袒缚 袒縛 | to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind | ||
| 解放日 | Liberation Day / cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea | ||
| 自愿上缴武器 自願上繳武器 | voluntary weapons surrender | ||
| 投降姿势 投降姿勢 | surrender posture | ||
| 交回规定 交回規定 | surrender requirement | ||
| 酒不醉人人自醉，色不迷人人自迷 | wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: men surrender themselves to lust | ||
| 拱手相让 拱手相讓 | to bow and give way (idiom) / to surrender sth readily | ||
| 招降 | to ask for sb's surrender | syn | |
| 拱手相让 拱手相讓 | (idiom) to surrender sth without resistance | ||
| 拱手让人 拱手讓人 | (idiom) to surrender sth without resistance | ||
| 束手就擒 | lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) / fig. to surrender without a fight | syn | |
| 滑跪 | (of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal / (slang) to drop to one's knees in contrition or surrender (usu. figurative) |