圍城打援
wéi​chéng​dǎ​yuán

to besiege and strike the relief force

  • created sense approved 围城打援/圍城打援 · wéi​chéng​dǎ​yuán · to besiege and strike the relief force — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    围城打援 / 圍城打援

    wéi​chéng​dǎ​yuán

    to besiege and strike the relief force

    (idiom) A military strategy of surrounding a city or strongpoint to draw out enemy reinforcements, then ambushing those reinforcements as they arrive.

    围城 (literal) → 围城/圍城 · wéi​chéng · to besiege a city; siege 打援 (literal) → 打援 · dǎ​yuán · to attack reinforcements

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