huán​jī

retaliate

还击 (還擊) huán​jī
retaliate verb
to hit back or strike back in response to an attack, insult, or criticism

He delivered a forceful rebuttal to the other party's unreasonable accusations.

return fire verb
to fire back at an enemy in a military or combat situation

After being ambushed by the enemy, our army quickly returned fire.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
4.62 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
2.37 per million

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