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进攻 jìn gōng to attack / to assault / to go on the offensive / attack / assault / offense (sports)
发起 to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
抄袭 chāo to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
(bound form) to raid; to attack / (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate / (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
攻防 gōng fáng attack and defense / the midfield (in soccer)
杀敌 shā to attack the enemy
迎击 yíng to face an attack / to repulse the enemy
借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
对号入座 duì hào zuò to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
双管齐下 shuāng guǎn xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
众矢之的 zhòng shǐ zhī lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides
攻打 gōng to attack (the enemy)
乘胜追击 chéng shèng zhuī to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
腹背受敌 bèi shòu (idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear
病入膏肓 bìng gāo huāng lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure / the situation is hopeless
出其不意,攻其不备 chū , gōng bèi 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[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
围魏救赵 wéi Wèi jiù Zhào lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
暗箭 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
直捣黄龙 zhí dǎo Huáng Lóng lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
群起而攻之 qún ér gōng zhī the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent
应敌 yìng to face the enemy / to meet an attack
疑阵 zhèn a diversion / a feint attack to mislead the enemy
软刀子 ruǎn dāo zi (lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack
怒气攻心 gōng xīn (TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger


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