to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader; scorched earth policy
trad. 堅壁清野
Also written 堅壁清野【jiān bì qīng yě】
Characters in this word
4坚
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strong, solid, firm, unyielding, resolute
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Traditional
- 堅
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 40423 of 2500
壁
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wall, rampart
- Pinyin
- bì
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 20933 of 2500
清
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Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911), surname Qing
- Pinyin
- Qīng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 5513 of 2500
野
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old variant of 野[ye3]
- Pinyin
- yě
- Traditional
- 埜
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 9211 of 2500