拼到底 - to brave it out, to the bitter end - pīn dào dǐ | Definition | ChinesePod.com

拼到底

pīn dào dǐ

Pinyin

Definition

拼到底

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pīn dào dǐ

to brave it out
to the bitter end

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dào

1 to (a place)
2 until (a time)
3 up to
4 to go
5 to arrive
6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

dé dào

1 to get
2 to obtain
3 to receive

bù dào

1 not to arrive
2 not reaching
3 insufficient
4 less than

lái dào

1 to come
2 to arrive

zuò dào

1 to accomplish
2 to achieve

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑

yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi

1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
2 fig. to stick to one's ways
3 to cling to one's course

不到火候不揭锅

bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō

1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

不到黄河心不死

bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ

1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
3 to keep going while some hope is left

不问就听不到假话

bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà

1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)

事到临头

shì dào lín tóu

1 when things come to a head (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你傻啊？那么一点钱，离市区那么远的房子，我才不要呢。你看，重庆最牛的钉子户，就是不搬，跟你拼到底，最后拿到的补偿比别人好多了。

nǐ shǎ a ？nàme yīdiǎn qián ，lí shìqū nàme yuǎn de fángzi ，wǒ cái bùyào ne 。nǐ kàn ，Chóngqìng zuì niú de dīngzihù ，jiùshì bù bān ，gēn nǐ pīndàodǐ ，zuìhòu nádào de bǔcháng bǐ biéren hǎo duōle 。

Are you stupid? Such a small amount of money, a house so far from the city center-- that I definitely don't want. Look at the most stubborn relocation rebel in Chongqing. He just plain wouldn't move -- he fought until the bitter end. In the end, the compensation he received was much better than what others got.