Where does “chịu thua” come from?

chịu thua (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thừa, from Chinese 繡.

chịu thua (Vietnamese): to give up all resistance; to yield to; to surrender; to succumb to; to give in to

Definitions

  1. to give up all resistance; to yield to; to surrender; to succumb to; to give in to

Ancestry of “chịu thua”, step by step

chịu thua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thừa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethừaleft over; superfluous; more than necessarily...
2Chinese繡—

via Vietnamese chịu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechịuto endure; to suffer; to tolerate; to put up with
2Middle Chinese受—
Every word from Chinese 繡 →Every word from Vietnamese thừa →