服气 fúqì to be convinced
to be convinced; to accept
How to remember 服气: 服 clothes + 气 air = to be convinced.
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How it is used
- 'To be convinced, to accept (a defeat or verdict)' - usually negative: 我不服气 (wǒ bù fúqì) I don't accept it / it's not fair.
- About genuinely conceding you were bested or wrong, deep down.
- Colloquial; 不服 / 不服气 is the common form when someone refuses to admit defeat.