🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

投降

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tóuxiáng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Surrender/səˈrɛndər/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"敌人被迫无条件投降。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    The action of ceasing to resist an enemy or opponent and submitting to their authority.

    "The army was forced into an unconditional surrender."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'surrender' originates from the Old French 'surrendre', which means 'to render back'. It is derived from the Latin 'surrender', a combination of 'sub-' meaning 'under' and 'rendere' meaning 'to give back'. Over time, the term evolved to encompass the act of yielding or giving oneself up to another's power or control.

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