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HSK
to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact
HSK 6
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
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  *杀* | 杀* | *杀
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5
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  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
HSK 4
(Tw) (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
(Internet slang) if you don't like it, don't flame; please don't attack me if you disagree
(computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
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  *征* | 征* | *征
journey / trip / expedition / to go on long campaign / to attack
HSK 7-9
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
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  *攻* | 攻* | *攻
to attack / to accuse / to study / (LGBT) top
HSK 7-9
to attack / to accuse / to charge / an attack (terrorist or military)
HSK 6
to attack / to assault / to go on the offensive / attack / assault / offense (sports)
HSK 6
to take a beating; to come under attack
HSK 6
to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
HSK 7-9
myocardial infarction / heart attack
to attack and kill
lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides
sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
HSK 7-9
(Tw) myocardial infarction; heart attack
attack (esp. surprise attack) / raid / to attack
HSK 7-9
(of enemy forces) to invade; to attack
to attack (verbally or in writing)
HSK 7-9
(military) human wave attack
to mount a sneak attack / to raid
to vilify sb wantonly / unrestrained attack (on sb)
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
HSK 7-9
pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
myocardial infarction; heart attack (abbr. for 心肌梗死)
fast break / quick attack (ball sports)
to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
in many stages / multilayered / multipronged (attack)
to mount a psychological attack / to try to demoralize / to try to win over / to try to persuade / (TCM) to fall into a coma or stupor due to an excess of emotion
to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
personal attack
to besiege / to beleaguer / to attack from all sides / to jointly speak or write against sb
to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
to attack and seize
the front line / the attack (e.g. football forwards)
sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex)
tactic of several persons or groups taking turns to fight one opponent; tag-team attack
(soccer) attacking midfield; attacking midfielder role
to attack publicly / to stage a denunciation campaign
to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
archery target; (fig.) target of criticism, pressure, attack or blame
to attack for a long time without success
lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
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  *伐* | 伐* | *伐
to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1]
to attack sb by exposing faults / to denounce
communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign
to attack
combined assault / to mount a joint attack
terrorist attack (abbr. for 恐怖襲擊|恐怖袭击)
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
to attack and sink (a ship)
to assault / to attack in force
lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure / the situation is hopeless
to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
to sally / to attack
to attack the enemy
to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow
lit. to besiege and rescue 趙|赵 (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
to annihilate / to attack and destroy / Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG / usually 殲擊8型|歼击8
surprise attack / raid
heart attack; to have a heart attack
to attack and defend (usu. in reference to opposing sides, but can be one party playing both roles)
to attack violently / to storm
(gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant / (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire / to pile on / (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
to face an attack / to repulse the enemy
to use violence; to attack; to assault
attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
trestle; support; stand; frame / (medicine) stent / to prop up / to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
to encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on; to attack or criticize collectively
ground attack aircraft
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
to attack a camp
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  *袭* | 袭* | *袭
(bound form) to raid; to attack / (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate / (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
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  *轰* | 轰* | *轰
explosion / bang / boom / rumble / to attack / to shoo away / to expel
HSK 7-9
(computing) man-in-the-middle attack
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
to attack and destroy
Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
terrorist attack
to attack / to raid / (of medicine) potent
sudden attack of a serious illness
a diversion / a feint attack to mislead the enemy
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
HSK 7-9
to pursue and attack
to be attacked by an assassin
to intercept and attack (military)
deadly blow / vicious attack / treacherous assault
alleged killer (or attacker); suspect in a case of violent crime
night attack
(Tw) terrorist attack (abbr. for 恐怖攻擊|恐怖攻击)
to face the enemy / to meet an attack
easily guarded, hard to attack
(military) to mount a secondary attack / (fig.) to assist in tackling a problem / (sports) to participate in a play in which a teammate scores (i.e. perform an assist)

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