围城打援 — Chinese idiom
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
Traditional: 圍城打援
Meaning
- to besiege and strike the relief force ; strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
Character by character
- 围wéito surround, to encircle, to corral
- 城chéngcastle, city, town; municipality
- 打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 援yuánto assist; to lead; to quote, to cite
Idioms sharing a character
- 围魏救赵 wéi Wèi jiù Zhào
- 倾国倾城 qīng guó qīng chéng
- 兵临城下 bīng lín chéng xià
- 唱空城计 chàng kōng chéng jì
- 攻城略地 gōng chéng lüè dì
- 满城风雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ
- 众志成城 zhòng zhì chéng chéng
- 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī
- 胸有城府 xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
- 胸无城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ
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