wéi​jiǎo

to encircle and suppress

  • created reference approved 围剿/圍剿 → 剿灭/剿滅 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    围剿 / 圍剿 wéi​jiǎo

    剿灭 / 剿滅 jiǎo​miè

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 围剿/圍剿 · wéi​jiǎo · to encircle and suppress — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    围剿 / 圍剿

    wéi​jiǎo

    to encircle and suppress

    to surround and annihilate; to wipe out bandits, rebels, or a military force

    圍勦

    围 (literal) → 围/圍 · wéi · to surround 剿 (literal) → 剿 · jiǎo · to destroy

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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  • created sense approved 围剿/圍剿 · wéi​jiǎo · Encirclement Campaigns — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    围剿 / 圍剿

    wéi​jiǎo

    Encirclement Campaigns

    refers to the military campaigns led by the Guomindang against the communists starting in 1930

    围 (literal) → 围/圍 · wéi · to surround 剿 (literal) → 剿 · jiǎo · to destroy

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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