| 屈 | 782C10 52A.21-2 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄑㄩ [qU1] | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) A grievance, thwarting of justice: 枉屈 (suffer) a wrong. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To bend (a stick, leg, etc.): 屈膝 [qU1xi1]↓; 屈指 bend one's fingers in counting; 屈指已三月 it's already three months (on counting); 指不勝屈 innumerable. (2) To bend in submission: 屈伏 [qU1fu2]↓; 屈辱 [qU1ru4]↓; 威武不能屈 will not submit to force; 忠勇不屈，不屈不撓 indomitable heart of loyalty; 志不可屈 indomitable will or ambition; 屈節 change loyalty; 大丈夫能屈能伸 a great man knows when to yield and when not. (3) To crouch, be in an inferior or uncomfortable position: 屈居人下 to occupy an inferior position; used courteously in asking a person to “condescend”: 屈尊，屈駕，屈就，[qU1zun1], [qU1jia4], [qU1jiu4]↓; 屈座 host's apology to guest for giving a lower seat at dinner table. (4) To suffer wrong, injustice: 冤屈，受屈，委屈 be accused falsely; 屈打成招 obtain confession under torture; 屈死 die under false accusation. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Crooked. (2) Wrong: 理屈 shown to be unreasonable, worsted in argument. (3) U.f. 倔 [jUe2], 91A.21 stubborn. | |||||
| Words | 1. 屈曲 [qU1qU1], adj., crooked, twisted (branch, etc.). 2. 屈伏 [qU1fu2], (1) v.i., to submit to external force; (2) admit defeat in contest (also wr. 屈服). 3. 屈折 [qU1zhe2], (1) adj., crooked, twisted; (2) n., & v.i., (phys.) refraction of light. 4. 屈駕 [qU1jia4], v.i., (court.) please condescend to come. 5. 屈就 [qU1jiu4], v.t., (court.) condescend to take up (unworthy) position. 6. 屈滯 [qU1zhi4], v.i., remain in obscure position, unpromoted. 7. 屈指 [qU1zhi3], see V.i. & t. 1↑. 8. 屈量（兒） [qU1liang4]([er0]), v.i., fail to drink to one's capacity. 9. 屈蟠 [qU1pan2], adj., twisted, entwining (tree trunks, branches). 10. 屈辱 [qU1ru4], v.t., to humiliate; (p. p.) humiliated. 11. 屈膝 [qU1xi1], v.i., (1) “to double knees,” sit with crossed knees: 屈膝談心 have heart-to-heart talk with knees together; (2) to kneel. 12. 屈心 [qU1xin1], adj., unconscionable (=虧心), against conscience. 13. 屈戍（兒） [qU1xU0], ([qU1xUe1er0]), n., a fastening for window. 14. 屈尊 [qU1zun1], v.i., (court.) please “condescend” to come. 15. 屈枉 [qU1wang0], v.t., falsely accuse: 不可屈枉好人 must not falsely accuse an innocent man. | |||||