Surrender to the enemy? We will die first .

向敌人投降？我们宁死不屈。

youdao

I would rather die than surrender to the enemy.

我宁可死也不会向敌人屈服。

youdao

They preferred to die rather than surrender to the enemy.

他们宁死也不愿向敌人投降。

youdao

Cutting back military spending is denounced as surrender to the enemy.

ECONOMIST: The Republicans

Put another way, forcing an enemy to surrender requires boots on the ground, or at least in the offing.

ECONOMIST: Letters