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Meaning of 四面楚歌(しめんそか) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 四面楚歌

Kana Reading しめんそか

Romaji shimensoka

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody

Examples of 四面楚歌, しめんそか in a sentence

これじゃあまるで四面楚歌だ。

I see that I am surrounded by hostile faces.
あんな四面楚歌の状態で、彼よく仕事してられるよな。

He's completely shunned. I'm surprised he's still working here.

Related Kanji

歌 JLPT 4

14 strokes

song, sing

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: うた, うた.う

面 JLPT 3

9 strokes

mask, face, features, surface

On'Yomi: メン, ベン

Kun'Yomi: おも, おもて, つら

四 JLPT 5

5 strokes

four

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: よ, よ.つ, よっ.つ, よん

楚

13 strokes

whip, cane

On'Yomi: ソ, ショ

Kun'Yomi: いばら, しもと, すわえ