lit. on all sides the songs of Chu (成语 saw); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help (refers to the desperate final hours of Xiangyu 項羽|项羽); lone dissenting voice[cedict]
二
èrㄦˋ
two; 2[cedict]
零
língㄌㄧㄥˊ
remnant; zero[cedict]
世纪
shì jìㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
century[cedict]
则
zéㄗㄜˊ
(expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm; rule; to imitate; to follow; then; principle[cedict]
让
ràngㄖㄤˋ
to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth[cedict]
它
tāㄊㄚ
it (used for things)[cedict]
更
gēngㄍㄥ
gèngㄍㄥˋ
to change[cedict]
more; even more; further; still; still more[cedict]
有
yǒuㄧㄡˇ
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be[cedict]
理由
lǐ yóuㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ
reason; grounds; justification[cedict]
如此
rú cǐㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ
in this way; so[cedict]
认为
rèn wéiㄖㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel[cedict]
因为
yīn wèiㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋ
because; owing to; on account of[cedict]
庇护
bì hùㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨˋ
shelter; shield; put under one's protection; take under one's wing; asylum[cedict]