攻读
gōng dú
Pinyin

Definition

攻读
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gōng dú
  1. to major (in a field)
  2. to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

攻
gōng
  1. 1 to attack
  2. 2 to accuse
  3. 3 to study
攻城
gōng chéng
  1. 1 to besiege (a town)
攻击
gōng jī
  1. 1 to attack
  2. 2 to accuse
  3. 3 to charge
  4. 4 an attack (terrorist or military)
攻略
gōng lu:è
  1. 1 strategy
  2. 2 directions
  3. 3 guide
  4. 4 how-to
反攻
fǎn gōng
  1. 1 to counterattack
  2. 2 a counteroffensive
围攻
wéi gōng
  1. 1 to besiege
  2. 2 to beleaguer
  3. 3 to attack from all sides
  4. 4 to jointly speak or write against sb
攻克
gōng kè
  1. 1 to capture
  2. 2 to take
  3. 3 to overcome
  4. 4 to solve
攻势
gōng shì
  1. 1 (military) offensive
攻占
gōng zhàn
  1. 1 to seize control of (an enemy position)
  2. 2 (fig.) to take by storm
  3. 3 to gain (awards, control of a market etc)
进攻
jìn gōng
  1. 1 to attack
  2. 2 to assault
  3. 3 to go on the offensive
  4. 4 attack
  5. 5 assault
  6. 6 offense (sports)
不攻自破
bù gōng zì pò
  1. 1 (of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc)
  2. 2 to be discredited
主攻
zhǔ gōng
  1. 1 main assault
  2. 2 to focus on
  3. 3 to specialize in
  4. 4 to major in
久攻不下
jiǔ gōng bù xià
  1. 1 to attack for a long time without success
以毒攻毒
yǐ dú gōng dú
  1. 1 to cure ills with poison (TCM)
  2. 2 to fight evil with evil
  3. 3 set a thief to catch a thief
  4. 4 to fight fire with fire
夹攻
jiā gōng
  1. 1 attack from two sides
  2. 2 pincer movement
  3. 3 converging attack
  4. 4 attack on a flank
  5. 5 fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
专攻
zhuān gōng
  1. 1 to specialize in
  2. 2 to major in
对攻
duì gōng
  1. 1 to attack (one another)
强攻
qiáng gōng
  1. 1 dominant
  2. 2 controlling
  3. 3 strong
  4. 4 opposite: weak, yielding 弱受
  5. 5 to take by storm (military)
快攻
kuài gōng
  1. 1 fast break
  2. 2 quick attack (ball sports)
攻入
gōng rù
  1. 1 to force entrance into
  2. 2 to score a goal (sport)

Idioms (8)

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
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to 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[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
战无不胜，攻无不克
zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù kè
  1. 1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
  2. 2 ever victorious
  3. 3 nothing they can't do
战无不胜，攻无不取
zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ
  1. 1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
  2. 2 ever victorious
  3. 3 nothing they can't do
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
攻无不克，战无不胜
gōng wú bù kè , zhàn wú bù shèng
  1. 1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
  2. 2 ever victorious
  3. 3 nothing they can't do
群起而攻之
qún qǐ ér gōng zhī
  1. 1 the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea.
  2. 2 universally abhorrent

Sample Sentences

的确，读完大学就已经二十五六岁、了，有些继续攻读硕士、博士的，年纪就更大了。
díquè ，dú wán dàxué jiù yǐjīng èrshí wǔ liù suì 、le ，yǒuxiē jìxù gōngdú shuòshì 、bóshì de ，niánjì jiù gèng dà le 。
That's true. By the time you've finished university you're already 25 or 26, and then some people continue to do a masters or a doctorate, and by then you're even older.
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那些政府高官的学历多半也是假的。动不动就什么什么博士的，很多都是在职进修的，他们有那么多时间攻读博士学位吗？国家要是从上到下查一下，保准有一大批官员落马。
nàxiē zhèngfǔ gāoguān de xuélì duōbàn yě shì jiǎde 。dòngbudòng jiù shénme shénme bóshì de ，hěn duō dōu shì zàizhí jìnxiū de ，tāmen yǒu nàme duō shíjiān gōngdú bóshì xuéwèi ma ？guójiā yàoshì cóngshàngdàoxià chá yīxià ，bǎozhǔn yǒu yīdàpī guānyuán luòmǎ 。
Most of those high-level officials' education experience is fake too. Every single one seems to have a doctorate, but a lot of them got it while on the job. Do they really have that much time to work seriously on a doctorate? If the country did a full-scale examination, I guarantee a ton of high-level officials would fall.
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