魚死網破 yú sǐ wǎng pò

a life and death struggle (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a life and death struggle (idiom)
  2. 2. lit. either the fish dies or the net splits

Characters

Character Meaning
魚 yú
fish; surname Yu
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible
網 wǎng
net; network
破 pò HSK 4
broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged