day 136strategy and defence

strategy and defence

Talk about tactics, attack and defence (on a basketball court and in history), and make comparisons with 好比 (is like) and 一如 (just as).

today’s words

• 戰術 zhànshù · tactics
• 部署 bùshù · deploy, arrange
• 摧毀 cuīhuǐ · destroy, wreck
• 對峙 duìzhì · facing off, in a standoff
• 封鎖 fēngsuǒ · seal off, block
• 進軍 jìnjūn · march into; break into (a market)
• 埋伏 máifú · ambush, lie in wait
• 侵略 qīnlüè · invade (a country)
• 襲擊 xíjí · strike, hit (suddenly)
• 作戰 zuòzhàn · fight (in a war), do battle
• 反擊 fǎnjí · counterattack, hit back
• 防衛 fángwèi · defend (oneself, a country)
• 防禦 fángyù · defend, defence
• 突擊 tújí · make a surprise attack; do a spot check
• 攻 gōng · attack
• 好比 hǎobǐ · be like, can be compared to
• 一如 yīrú · just as, like (written)
• 擊 jí · strike, hit
• 開飯 kāifàn · serve a meal; ‘dinner’s ready!’
• 噴漆 pēnqī · spray-paint
• 溶 róng · soluble, dissolving
• 為首 wéishǒu · headed by, led by
• 銀色 yínsè · silver (colour)
• 支應 zhīyìng · cover (expenses), meet (needs)

sentences

• 做設計好比打球，要先有戰術。 · Design is like basketball: you need tactics first.
• 一如以往，王阿姨六點就送早餐來了。 · As always, Auntie Wang brought breakfast at six.
• 颱風昨天襲擊了東部，很多路都被封鎖了。 · The typhoon hit the east yesterday, and lots of roads were closed.
• 臺北的城門以前是用來防禦的。 · Taipei’s city gates were once built for defence.
• 這種漆不溶於水，下雨也不怕。 · This paint doesn’t dissolve in water: rain is no problem.