攻城
gōng chéng
Pinyin
Definition
攻城
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- to besiege (a town)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
他山之石可以攻玉
- 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
- 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
以子之矛,攻子之盾
- 1 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
- 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
- 3 hoist with his own petard
倾国倾城
- 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
- 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
- 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
兵临城下
- 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
Sample Sentences
攻城拔寨小敌之坚,大敌之擒也。
A smaller and weaker army will be captured if they insist on attacking the bigger and stronger enemy.