1 surroundings

2 environment

3 to encompass

1 muffler

2 scarf

1 to stand in a circle and watch

1 to get past the qualifying round

2 to make it to the finals

1 to surround

2 to encircle

3 to hem in

1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops

1 lit. to besiege 魏[Wèi] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhào] (idiom)

2 fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers