攻城
gōng chéng
Pinyin

Definition

攻城
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gōng chéng
  1. to besiege (a town)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 classifier: 座 zuò
  5. 5 classifier: 道 dào
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
qīng chéng
  1. 1 coming from everywhere
  2. 2 from all over the place
  3. 3 gorgeous (of woman)
  4. 4 to ruin and overturn the state
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city

Idioms (20)

他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
以子之矛,攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 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. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 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。
gōngchéngbázhài xiǎodízhījiāndàdízhīqín 。
A smaller and weaker army will be captured if they insist on attacking the bigger and stronger enemy.