服输

服輸
fúshū
verb #25,520

Meanings

  1. 1 to concede defeat
  2. 2 to admit one has lost
  3. 3 to acknowledge being wrong after insisting otherwise

Examples

Tā bù yuànyì fúshū, jìxù hé duìshǒu zhēnglùn.
He was unwilling to concede and continued arguing with his opponent.
Shū le jiù yào fúshū, zhè shì jīběn de yùndòng jīngshén.
If you lose, you should admit defeat — that is basic sportsmanship.

Tips

usage
服输 implies both losing () and accepting () that loss gracefully. Its opposite is 不服 (refusing to admit defeat), which is used very commonly.

Stroke Order

shū