增援
zēng yuán
Pinyin

Definition

增援
 - 
zēng yuán
  1. to reinforce

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zēng jiā
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
xīn zēng
  1. 1 newly added
  2. 2 additional
  3. 3 to add (to what already exists)
zēng
  1. 1 to increase
  2. 2 to expand
  3. 3 to add
zēng qiáng
  1. 1 to increase
  2. 2 to strengthen
zēng tiān
  1. 1 to add
  2. 2 to increase

Idioms (5)

围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 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
弹尽援绝
dàn jìn yuán jué
  1. 1 out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
有增无已
yǒu zēng wú yǐ
  1. 1 constantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions
有增无减
yǒu zēng wú jiǎn
  1. 1 to increase without letup
  2. 2 to get worse and worse (idiom)
马齿徒增
mǎ chǐ tú zēng
  1. 1 (self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)