敌进我退
dí​jìn​wǒ​tuì

retreat when the enemy advances

  • created sense approved 敌进我退/敵進我退 · dí​jìn​wǒ​tuì · retreat when the enemy advances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    敌进我退 / 敵進我退

    dí​jìn​wǒ​tuì

    retreat when the enemy advances

    when the enemy advances, we retreat; the first phrase of a sixteen-character military formula for guerrilla warfare

    敌 (literal) → 敌/敵 · dí · enemy 进 (literal) → 进/進 · jìn · to advance 我 (literal) → 我 · wǒ · we 退 (literal) → 退 · tuì · to retreat

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

    created sense