day 90attack and siege

attack and siege

Retell a siege from history, use battle words for sport and work, and answer “true, but …” with 话是这么说.

today’s words

• 攻 gōng · to attack; to study hard at
• 进攻 jìngōng · to attack, go on the offensive
• 攻势 gōngshì · offensive, attack (noun)
• 攻克 gōngkè · to capture; to crack (a hard problem)
• 突击 tūjī · sudden attack; to do in a rush (cram)
• 袭击 xíjī · to strike, hit (by surprise)
• 轰炸 hōngzhà · to bomb; (figurative) bombard
• 侵略 qīnlüè · to invade (aggression)
• 入侵 rùqīn · to invade, intrude
• 侵占 qīnzhàn · to seize, occupy illegally
• 占领 zhànlǐng · to occupy, capture; take over (a market)
• 掠夺 lüèduó · to plunder, loot
• 屠杀 túshā · to massacre
• 歼灭 jiānmiè · to wipe out (an enemy force)
• 摧毁 cuīhuǐ · to destroy, smash
• 重创 zhòngchuāng · to inflict heavy losses on, badly damage
• 斩 zhǎn · to chop, cut off
• 包围 bāowéi · to surround, encircle
• 封锁 fēngsuǒ · to block off, seal off
• 埋伏 máifú · to lie in ambush; ambush
• 潜伏 qiánfú · to lie hidden, be latent
• 掩护 yǎnhù · to cover, shield (someone)
• 交锋 jiāofēng · to cross swords, clash
• 对峙 duìzhì · to stand off, confront each other
• 作战 zuòzhàn · to fight, do battle
• 出征 chūzhēng · to set out (on a campaign or competition)
• 出动 chūdòng · to set out, be sent out (police, crews)
• 进军 jìnjūn · to march on; to move into (a market)
• 部署 bùshǔ · to deploy, arrange
• 备战 bèizhàn · to prepare for war; gear up (for an exam)
• 补给 bǔjǐ · supplies; to supply
• 两翼 liǎngyì · both wings, both flanks
• 前线 qiánxiàn · front line
• 阵地 zhèndì · position (held by troops); front, platform
• 战场 zhànchǎng · battlefield

sentences

• 话是这么说，可是工作还没做完。 · That’s all very well, but the work isn’t finished.
• 话是这么说，做起来可没那么容易。 · That may be true, but doing it isn’t so easy.
• 为了安全起见，城墙晚上不开放。 · For safety’s sake, the city wall is closed at night.
• 大雪封锁了上山的路。 · Heavy snow has blocked the road up the mountain.
• 这款手机很快占领了市场。 · This phone quickly took over the market.