"pre-emptive strike" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn
jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2] syn
打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn
击中 擊中 jī zhòng to hit (a target etc) / to strike syn
走向 zǒu xiàng direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for
反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn
撞击 撞擊 zhuàng jī to strike / to hit / to ram syn
罢工 罷工 bà gōng a strike / to go on strike
搭讪 搭訕 dā shàn to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation syn
打垮 dǎ kuǎ to defeat / to strike down / to destroy syn
亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
打翻 dǎ fān to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy) syn
除名 chú míng to strike off (the rolls) / to remove from a list / to expunge / to expel syn
掠过 掠過 lüè guò to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
绝食 絕食 jué shí to go on a hunger strike
雷击 雷擊 léi jī lightning strike / thunderbolt
趁热打铁 趁熱打鐵 chèn rè dǎ tiě to strike while the iron is hot syn
猛打 měng dǎ to strike / wham! syn
扇动 扇動 shān dòng to fan / to flap / to incite / to instigate (a strike etc) syn
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
触礁 觸礁 chù jiāo (of a ship) to strike a reef / (fig.) to hit a snag
早产儿 zǎo chǎn r pre-term baby / premature baby syn
切中 qiè zhòng to hit the target (esp. in argument) / to strike home syn
角球 jiǎo qiú corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey
稳扎稳打 穩扎穩打 wěn zhā wěn dǎ to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) / fig. steadily and surely syn
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
幼儿教育 幼兒教育 pre-primary education
怠工 dài gōng to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike) syn
法学家 法學家 fǎ xué jiā jurist / member of the pre-Han legalist school
罢课 罷課 bà kè student strike / to boycott classes
点击 點擊 diǎn jī to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button)
反恐精英 fǎn kǒng jīng yīng Counter-Strike
前置 qián zhì to place before / frontal / leading / pre- syn
来袭 來襲 lái xí to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit
作势 作勢 zuò shì to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture
先秦 xiān qín pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
乘势 乘勢 chéng shì to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
六家 liù jiā Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])
下毒手 xià dú shǒu to attack murderously / to strike treacherously syn
隔离霜 隔離霜 gé lí shuāng pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer
婚前性行为 婚前性行為 hūn qián xìng xíng wèi pre-marital sex
声东击西 聲東擊西 shēng dōng jī xī to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion
吹袭 吹襲 chuī xí (of wind) to blow fiercely / (of a storm) to strike
断食 斷食 duàn shí to fast / hunger strike
qiāo to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge syn
huá to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) syn
drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell syn
gōu to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook syn
to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike syn
先下手为强 先下手為強 xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand syn
shāi (bound form) a sieve / to sieve / to sift / to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) syn
拔营 拔營 bá yíng to strike camp
kēng (onom.) clang / jingling of metals / to strike
降旗 jiàng qí to lower a flag / to strike the colors
倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim) syn
罢市 罷市 bà shì protest strike by merchants
避实就虚 避實就虛 bì shí jiù xū (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
核反击 核反擊 hé fǎn jī nuclear counter strike
大篆 dà zhuàn the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts syn
zhuā ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of 抓[zhua1] / to strike / to beat syn
zhòu (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) syn
左右逢源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides syn
劳逸结合 勞逸結合 láo yì jié hé to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom)
避其锐气击其惰归 避其銳氣擊其惰歸 bì qí ruì qì jī qí duò guī to avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws
以卵击石 以卵擊石 yǐ luǎn jī shí lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) / to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
打铁趁热 打鐵趁熱 dǎ tiě chèn rè strike the iron while it's hot (idiom) syn
富国强兵 富國強兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) syn
Lucky Strike 热液田 Lucky Strike 熱液田 Lucky Strike rè yè tián Lucky Strike hydrothermal locality / Lucky Strike hydrothermal field
先发制人的战争 先發制人的戰爭 pre-emptive war
斩首行动 decapitation strike / leadership strike / counterleadership strike
攻击机群 gōng jī jī qún strike group / strike package
审前会议 審前會議 pre-trial conference / pre-trial hearing
罢教 罷教 bà jiào teacher's strike
to chop / strike
jiǎo to knock / strike
jìn shake / stick into / strike
áo (literary) to hit / to strike / to smite
to strike / to take in the hand
shǔn strike, hit with hand / tap
to strike / to run against / to throw, as a stone
上阵杀敌 上陣殺敵 shàng zhèn shā dí to go into battle / to strike at the enemy
五卅运动 五卅運動 wǔ sà yùn dòng anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
严厉打击 嚴厲打擊 yán lì dǎ jī to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures
围城打援 圍城打援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom) / strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops syn
huáng to strike / to stab
绝食抗议 絕食抗議 jué shí kàng yì hunger strike
走向断层 走向斷層 zǒu xiàng duàn céng strike fault (geology)
走向滑动断层 走向滑動斷層 zǒu xiàng huá dòng duàn céng strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
静坐罢工 靜坐罷工 jìng zuò bà gōng sit-in strike
鸟击 鳥擊 niǎo jī bird strike (aviation)
三振 sān zhèn to strike out / strikeout (baseball, softball) / (Tw) to ditch / to eliminate from consideration
报复性打击 報復性打擊 bào fù xìng dǎ jī retaliatory strike
逆袭 逆襲 nì xí to counterattack / to strike back / (neologism c. 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive / to make an improbable comeback
第二次打击 second strike
打击精确度 strike accuracy
识别和打击小组 Targeting and Strike Team
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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