to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
trad. 圍城打援
Also written 圍城打援【wéi chéng dǎ yuán】
Characters in this word
4围
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to encircle, to surround, all around, to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 圍
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 22199 of 2500
城
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city walls, city, town, CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2321 of 2500
打
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(loanword) dozen, Taiwan pr. [da3]
- Pinyin
- dá
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 195 of 2500
援
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to help, to assist, to aid
- Pinyin
- yuán
- Strokes
- 12