created sense approved 搤肮拊背 · èhángfǔbèi · to hold strategic positions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
搤肮拊背
èhángfǔbèi
to hold strategic positions
to seize the throat and strike the back; metaphor for controlling an enemy by occupying vital locations
搤 (opaque) 肮 (opaque) 拊 (literal) → 拊 · fǔ · to pat 背 (literal) → 背 · bèi · back
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 搤肮拊背 · èkàngfǔbèi · to seize the throat and strike the back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
搤肮拊背
èkàngfǔbèi
to seize the throat and strike the back
to seize an enemy by the throat and strike their back; to occupy strategic positions and control the enemy's vital points
搤 (opaque) 肮 (opaque) 拊 (literal) → 拊 · fǔ · to pat 背 (literal) → 背 · bèi · back
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition