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Trad. 圍攻
- to besiege
- to beleaguer
- to attack from all sides
- to jointly speak or write against sb
- (military) to mount a secondary attack
- (fig.) to assist in tackling a problem
- (sports) to participate in a play in which a teammate scores (i.e. perform an assist)
Trad. 進攻
- to attack
- to assault
- to go on the offensive
- attack
- assault
- offense (sports)
- to seize control of (an enemy position)
- (fig.) to take by storm
- to gain (awards, control of a market etc)
Trad. 攻堅
- to assault a fortified position
- (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission
- to mount a psychological attack
- to try to demoralize
- to try to win over
- to try to persuade
- (TCM) to fall into a coma or stupor due to an excess of emotion
Trad. 攻讀
- to major (in a field)
- to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
- to attack and defend (usu. in reference to opposing sides, but can be one party playing both roles)
Trad. 夾攻
- attack from two sides
- pincer movement
- converging attack
- attack on a flank
- fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
Trad. 攻擊線
- the front line
- the attack (e.g. football forwards)
Trad. 怒氣攻心
- (TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc
- (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger
- to cure ills with poison (TCM)
- to fight evil with evil
- set a thief to catch a thief
- to fight fire with fire
Trad. 攻其不備
- see 出其不意，攻其不備|出其不意，攻其不备[chu1 qi2 bu4 yi4 , gong1 qi2 bu4 bei4]
Trad. 攻其無備
- see 出其不意，攻其不備|出其不意，攻其不备[chu1 qi2 bu4 yi4 , gong1 qi2 bu4 bei4]
- to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
Trad. 飯氣攻心
- food coma
- postprandial somnolence
Trad. 攻堅克難
- to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
Trad. 大肆攻擊
- to vilify sb wantonly
- unrestrained attack (on sb)
- (of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc)
- to be discredited
Trad. 文攻武嚇
- (idiom) (of a nation) to denounce and threaten with military force; to try to coerce
Trad. 神風特攻隊
- Kamikaze Unit (Japanese corps of suicide pilots in World War II)
- kamikaze (vodka-based cocktail)
Trad. 釣魚式攻擊
- (computing) phishing attack
Trad. 中間人攻擊
- (computing) man-in-the-middle attack
- the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea.
- universally abhorrent
Trad. 拒絕服務攻擊
- (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
Trad. 阻斷服務攻擊
- (Tw) (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
Trad. 攻擊型核潛艇
- nuclear-powered attack submarine
- lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
- to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
- 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
- fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
- hoist with his own petard
Trad. 戰無不勝，攻無不克
- to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
- ever victorious
- nothing they can't do
Trad. 戰無不勝，攻無不取
- to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
- ever victorious
- nothing they can't do
Trad. 攻無不克，戰無不勝
- to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
- ever victorious
- nothing they can't do
Trad. 出其不意，攻其不備
- 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])