背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī

DEFINITIONS

  1. to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. to put up a desperate struggle

CHARACTERS

背 bèi
HSK 5
back; back side; behind; betray
城 chéng
HSK 3
castle; city, town; municipality
借 jiè
HSK 3
borrow; lend; make pretext of
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone