Definition
投降 (tóu xiáng) means 'to surrender' — specifically in a military or adversarial context, such as an army surrendering to the enemy or a person surrendering to the police. It is distinct from 屈服 (qū fú), which is a more general sense of yielding or submitting, and from 自首 (zì shǒu), which means turning oneself in to the authorities to confess a crime.
verb
to surrenderto give up
Examples
- 投降。Dírén zuìzhōng tóu xiáng le.The enemy finally surrendered.
- 投降。Tā juédìng xiàng jǐngfāng tóu xiáng.He decided to surrender to the police.
- 投降。Shìbīngmen bú yuàn tóu xiáng.The soldiers were unwilling to surrender.
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