"Attack" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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攻击 gōng jī to attack / to accuse / to charge / an attack (terrorist or military)
打击 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
进攻 jìn gōng to attack / to assault / to go on the offensive / attack / assault / offense (sports)
冲击 chōng jī to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact
袭击 xí jī attack (esp. surprise attack) / raid / to attack
杀 shā to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely
出击 chū jī to sally / to attack
攻打 gōng dǎ to attack (the enemy)
抨击 pēng jī to attack (verbally or in writing)
施暴 shī bào to use violence / to attack / to assault
进击 jìn jī to attack
对攻 duì gōng to attack (one another)
攻 gōng to attack / to accuse / to study
袭 xí (bound form) to raid / to attack / (bound form) to continue the pattern / to perpetuate / (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
轰 hōng explosion / bang / boom / rumble / to attack / to shoo away / to expel
冯 píng to gallop / to assist / to attack / to wade / great / old variant of 憑|凭[ping2]
伐 fá to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1]
捣 dǎo to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir
抨 pēng attack / impeach
撄 yīng oppose / to attack
发起 fā qǐ to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
抄袭 chāo xí to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
攻击力 gōng jī lì potential for attack / firepower
打来 dǎ lái to come to attack
偷袭 tōu xí to mount a sneak attack / to raid
突击 tū jī sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
围攻 wéi gōng to besiege / to beleaguer / to attack from all sides / to jointly speak or write against sb
追击 zhuī jī to pursue and attack
助攻 zhù gōng (military) to mount a secondary attack / (fig.) to assist in tackling a problem / (sports) to participate in a play in which a teammate scores (i.e. perform an assist)
突袭 tū xí to raid / to storm / surprise attack
挨打 ái dǎ to take a beating / to get thrashed / to come under attack
恐怖袭击 kǒng bù xí jī terrorist attack
攻防 gōng fáng attack and defense / the midfield (in soccer)
开刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack
人身攻击 rén shēn gōng jī personal attack
夹击 jiā jī pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
杀敌 shā dí to attack the enemy
矛头 máo tóu spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
毒手 dú shǒu deadly blow / vicious attack / treacherous assault
空袭 kōng xí air raid / attack from the air
应战 yìng zhàn to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
猛攻 měng gōng to attack violently / to storm
遇袭 yù xí to suffer attack / to be ambushed
快攻 kuài gōng fast break / quick attack (ball sports)
拒绝服务 jù jué fù wù denial of service attack / DoS attack
双管齐下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
痛斥 tòng chì to criticize harshly / to denounce / to attack viciously
击毁 jī huǐ to attack and destroy
砍杀 kǎn shā to attack with a bladed weapon
心肌梗塞 xīn jī gěng sè myocardial infarction / heart attack
击沉 jī chén to attack and sink (a ship)
下毒手 xià dú shǒu to attack murderously / to strike treacherously
奇袭 qí xí surprise attack / raid
迎击 yíng jī to face an attack / to repulse the enemy
夹攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
合击 hé jī combined assault / to mount a joint attack
夜袭 yè xí night attack
借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
直捣 zhí dǎo to storm / to attack directly
心肌梗死 xīn jī gěng sǐ myocardial infarction / heart attack
痛击 tòng jī to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow
攻击机 gōng jī jī ground attack aircraft
攻取 gōng qǔ to attack and seize
固若金汤 gù ruò jīn tāng secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / well fortified / invulnerable to attack
应敌 yìng dí to face the enemy / to meet an attack
暗箭 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy / a stab in the back
含沙射影 hán shā shè yǐng to attack someone by innuendo (idiom) / to make oblique charges / to make insinuations / to insinuate
歼击 jiān jī to annihilate / to attack and destroy / Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG / usually 殲擊8型|歼击8型
攻讦 gōng jié to attack sb by exposing faults / to denounce
闪击 shǎn jī lightning attack / Blitzkrieg
疑阵 yí zhèn a diversion / a feint attack to mislead the enemy
暴病 bào bìng sudden attack of a serious illness
挨整 ái zhěng to be the target of an attack
闹 nào noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
怼 duǐ (Internet slang) to attack verbally / to publicly criticize / to call out
出其不意攻其不备 chū qí bù yì gōng qí bù bèi catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
大张挞伐 dà zhāng tà fá to launch an all-out attack (idiom) / to roundly condemn / to castigate
对号入座 duì hào rù zuò to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
直捣黄龙 zhí dǎo Huáng Lóng lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
缓兵之计 huǎn bīng zhī jì delaying tactics / stalling / measures to stave off an attack / stratagem to win a respite
群起而攻之 qún qǐ ér gōng zhī the masses rise to attack it (idiom) / Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent
追亡逐北 zhuī wáng zhú běi to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
追奔逐北 zhuī bēn zhú běi to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
违强陵弱 wéi qiáng líng ruò to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom) / to bully
突然袭击 tú rán xí jí sneak attack / surprise attack
磨刀霍霍 mó dāo huò huò lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack / to be getting ready for battle
奥姆真理教 Aò mǔ Zhēn lǐ jiào Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
侧锋 cè fēng oblique attack (brush movement in painting)
抄后路 chāo hòu lù to outflank and attack from the rear
攻击型核潜艇 gōng jī xíng hé qián tǐng nuclear-powered attack submarine
核动力攻击潜艇 hé dòng lì gōng jī qián tǐng nuclear attack submarine
矛头指向 máo tóu zhǐ xiàng to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
正锋 zhèng fēng frontal attack (brush movement in painting)
久攻不下 jiǔ gōng bù xià to attack for a long time without success
乘胜追击 chéng shèng zhuī jī to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
假道伐虢 jiǎ dào fá Guó to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
倾巢来犯 qīng cháo lái fàn to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
兜抄 dōu chāo to surround and attack / to corner / to envelop
刀刺 dāo cì to stab / to attack with knife
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