易守难攻
yì​shǒu​nán​gōng

easily guarded and hard to attack

  • created sense approved 易守难攻/易守難攻 · yì​shǒu​nán​gōng · easily guarded and hard to attack — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    易守难攻 / 易守難攻

    yì​shǒu​nán​gōng

    easily guarded and hard to attack

    Easy to defend but difficult to capture; typically used to describe strategic military positions or terrain

    易 (literal) → 易 · yì · easy 守 (literal) → 守 · shǒu · to guard 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 攻 (literal) → 攻 · gōng · to attack

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