Word Meaning 四面楚歌

しめんそか shimensoka

四面楚歌 is read as しめんそか (shimensoka) and means being surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Meaning

English

  1. being surrounded by enemies on all sides
  2. being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody

Reading

Kana

しめんそか

Romaji

shimensoka

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Yojijukugo Rank 145955 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四面

しめん

four sides

四面体

しめんたい

tetrahedron

四角四面

しかくしめん

square

正四面体

せいしめんたい

regular tetrahedron

four

四方

よも

four sides (of a square)

四十

よそ

forty

四つ

よつ

burakumin

四千

しせん

four thousand

四隅

しぐう

four corners

四季

しき

the four seasons

四本

しほん

four (long cylindrical things)

Example Sentences

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われわれのちーむはしめんそかのじょうたいだ。

Our team is surrounded by enemies on all sides.

しゃちょうはしめんそかにおちいった。

The president fell into a situation where he was totally isolated.