{"path":"/entry/23565","title":"四面楚歌 (sì miàn chǔ gē) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"四面楚歌 (sì miàn chǔ gē): literally on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":23565,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["四面楚歌"],"TRADITIONAL":["四面楚歌"]}},"phonetic":"sì miàn chǔ gē","phoneticKey":"si4 mian4 chu3 ge1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally on all sides, the songs of Chu ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":48815,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"surrounded on four sides by the songs of Chu","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"In reference to the Battle of Gaixia:","traditional":null}},{"type":"quote","text":"During the Chu–Han Contention, Xiang Yu (項羽) found himself besieged in the city of Gaixia (垓下), by the coalition force of Han and the other kings. Jiujiang fell to Ying Bu and Liu Jia the preceding month, and most of the Kingdom of Chu was occupied by the Han army. When he heard the besieging troops singing songs in the Chu accent, Xiang Yu knew his kingdom had fallen.","romanization":null,"translation":null},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"The situation was also mentioned in Consort Yu's poem to her husband Xiang Yu after his suicide","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"汉兵已略地，四方楚歌声。大王意气尽，贱妾何聊生。","traditional":"漢兵已略地，四方楚歌聲。大王意氣盡，賤妾何聊生。"},"phonetic":"Hàn bīng yǐ lüè dì, sìfāng chǔ gēshēng. Dàwáng yìqì jìn, jiànqiè hé liáoshēng.","english":"The Han army has conquered our land, Surrounded with the singing of Chu. My lord's spirits are low, Why then should I live?","ref":"Correct Meaning of the Records of the Grand Historian, by Zhang Shoujie"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}