服 输

fú shūdictionary entry

to concede / to admit defeat / to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

服輸服输 [fu2 shu1] /to concede/to admit defeat/to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right/

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Other forms in these source records: 服輸

服
fú
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
fù
classifier for medicine: dose / Taiwan pr. [fú]
输
shū
to lose / to be beaten / (bound form) to transport / (literary) to donate / to contribute / (coll.) to enter (a password)

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