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屈服

qū fú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

屈服 (qū fú) means "to surrender; to succumb; to yield". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 屈服 means

1. to surrender
2. to succumb
3. to yield
4. (as a transitive verb) to defeat
5. to prevail over

The characters in 屈服

• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment

Example sentences

• 他向权力屈服。
  He succumbed to authority.
• 她屈服于诱惑了。
  She gave in to the temptation.
• 汤姆不会屈服的。
  Tom isn't going to back down.
• 我不会向她屈服。
  I won't give up on her.
• 我宁可死也不屈服。
  Wǒ nìngkě sǐ yě bù qūfú.
  I would rather die than yield.
• 不要屈服于这些要求。
  Do not give in to those demands.

Where 屈服 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiū–qǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qū fú correctly.
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