投降
tóu xiáng
Pinyin

Definition

投降
 - 
tóu xiáng
  1. to surrender
  2. surrender

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

投票
tóu piào
  1. 1 to vote
  2. 2 vote
下降
xià jiàng
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to fall
  4. 4 to go down
  5. 5 to decrease
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
意气相投
yì qì xiāng tóu
  1. 1 congenial
投
tóu
  1. 1 to cast
  2. 2 to send
  3. 3 to throw oneself (into the river etc)
  4. 4 to seek refuge
  5. 5 to place oneself into the hands of
投入
tóu rù
  1. 1 to throw into
  2. 2 to put into
  3. 3 to throw oneself into
  4. 4 to participate in
  5. 5 to invest in
  6. 6 absorbed
  7. 7 engrossed
投稿
tóu gǎo
  1. 1 to submit articles for publication
  2. 2 to contribute (writing)
投胎
tóu tāi
  1. 1 to be reincarnated
投诉
tóu sù
  1. 1 complaint
  2. 2 to complain
  3. 3 to register a complaint (esp. as a customer)
投资
tóu zī
  1. 1 investment
  2. 2 to invest
投资者
tóu zī zhě
  1. 1 investor
投降
tóu xiáng
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 surrender
相投
xiāng tóu
  1. 1 agreeing with one another
  2. 2 congenial
降
jiàng
  1. 1 to drop
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to come down
  4. 4 to descend
降低
jiàng dī
  1. 1 to reduce
  2. 2 to lower
  3. 3 to bring down
降价
jiàng jià
  1. 1 to cut the price
  2. 2 to drive down the price
  3. 3 to get cheaper
降水
jiàng shuǐ
  1. 1 rain and snow
  2. 2 precipitation (meteorology)
降温
jiàng wēn
  1. 1 to become cooler
  2. 2 to lower the temperature
  3. 3 cooling
  4. 4 (of interest, activity etc) to decline
降临
jiàng lín
  1. 1 to descend
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come
降落
jiàng luò
  1. 1 to descend
  2. 2 to land

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
喜从天降
xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news
  2. 2 unlooked-for happy event
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
情投意合
qíng tóu yì hé
  1. 1 to have an affinity with each other (idiom)
  2. 2 to find each other congenial
投井下石
tóu jǐng xià shí
  1. 1 to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
投桃报李
tóu táo bào lǐ
  1. 1 toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
  2. 2 to exchange gifts
  3. 3 Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
投石问路
tóu shí wèn lù
  1. 1 lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to test the waters
投笔从戎
tóu bǐ cóng róng
  1. 1 to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)
  2. 2 to join the military (esp. of educated person)
投缳自缢
tóu huán zì yì
  1. 1 to hang oneself (idiom)
投袂而起
tóu mèi ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get excited and move to action
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
  1. 1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
  2. 2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn
  1. 1 to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
明珠暗投
míng zhū àn tóu
  1. 1 to cast pearls before swine (idiom)
  2. 2 not to get proper recognition for one's talents
病急乱投医
bìng jí luàn tóu yī
  1. 1 lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
举手投足
jǔ shǒu tóu zú
  1. 1 one's every movement (idiom)
  2. 2 comportment
  3. 3 gestures
话不投机
huà bù tóu jī
  1. 1 the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)
话不投机半句多
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō
  1. 1 when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)

Sample Sentences

老大！我们不要投降，干掉他们两个不就结了？
lǎodà ！wǒmen bú yào tóuxiáng ，gàndiào tāmen liǎng ge bú jiù jié le ？
Boss! We can't surrender, if we do in these two then it's all sorted, no?
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华梅，你的船已经被我们包围了。快快投降！
Huáméi ，nǐ de chuán yǐjīng bèi wǒmen bāowéi le 。kuàikuài tóuxiáng ！
Hua Mei, we've already got your boat surrounded. Surrender, now!
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船长！无敌号打旗说，让我们投降。
chuánzhǎng ！Wúdíhào dǎqí shuō ，ràng wǒmen tóuxiáng 。
Captain! ‘The Invincible’ has raised her flag. They want us to surrender.
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华梅，只要你投降，我保证不杀你！
Huáméi ，zhǐyào nǐ tóuxiáng ，wǒ bǎozhèng bù shā nǐ ！
Hua Mei, as long as you surrender, your life will be spared.
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我自愿出征！我先假装投降，等船只靠近敌军，就趁机点火！
wǒ zìyuàn chūzhēng ！wǒ xiān jiǎzhuāng tóuxiáng ，děng chuánzhī kàojìn dí jūn ，jiù chènjī diǎnhuǒ ！
I volunteer for this mission! First, I'll pretend that I'm defecting. I'll wait until the boats are near the enemy army, and then I'll start the fire!
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我主张投降！我们所有部队加起来，人数也不足曹军的零头，他们可是有八十万大军啊！我们跟他打，等于拿鸡蛋碰石头！
wǒ zhǔzhāng tóuxiáng ！wǒmen suǒyǒu bùduì jiā qǐlai ，rénshù yě bùzú Cáo Jūn de língtóu ，tāmen kěshì yǒu bāshíwàn dàjūn a ！wǒmen gēn tā dǎ ，děngyú ná jīdàn pèng shítou ！
I say we surrender! All of our forces don't add up to anything compared to Cao Cao's army. They have an enormous army-- eight hundred thousand soldiers! For us to fight them would be like hitting a stone with an egg -- hopeless!
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