「寸土必爭」
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| Pronunciation： | cyun3 tou2 bit1 zang1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
寸 inch; tsun; cun; to humiliate; to provoke; arrogant; condescending 土 earth; soil; land; ground; territory 必 certainly; definitely; must; necessarily 爭 to compete; to argue; to dispute; to fight for |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to hold a firm stance and not to give up the smallest advantage; to fight to the last penny; literally: to fight even for an inch of land
(Eng.) I lost so much to them last time, so this time I am going to fight them to the last penny.
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