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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬧* | 鬧* | *鬧
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *殺* | 殺* | *殺
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
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 attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact
HSK 6
to take a beating / to get thrashed / to come under attack
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轟* | 轟* | *轟
explosion / bang / boom / rumble / to attack / to shoo away / to expel
HSK 7-9
attack (esp. surprise attack) / raid / to attack
HSK 7-9
sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *征* | 征* | *征
journey / trip / expedition / to go on long campaign / to attack
HSK 7-9
to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攻* | 攻* | *攻
to attack / to accuse / to study / (LGBT) top
HSK 7-9
to attack (verbally or in writing)
HSK 7-9
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
HSK 7-9
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襲* | 襲* | *襲
(bound form) to raid; to attack / (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate / (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
personal attack
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抨* | 抨* | *抨
attack / impeach
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
to be attacked by an assassin
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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伐* | 伐* | *伐
to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1]
trestle; support; stand; frame / (medicine) stent / to prop up / to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
to attack
to pursue and attack
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搗* | 搗* | *搗
to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir
(of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of 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)
superficial syndrome / illness that has not attacked the vital organs of the human body
to sally / to attack
to raid; to storm / surprise attack
to mount a sneak attack / to raid
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掩* | 掩* | *掩
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
to attack the enemy
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *懟* | 懟* | *懟
(Internet slang) to attack verbally; to publicly criticize; to call out
pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
to besiege / to beleaguer / to attack from all sides / to jointly speak or write against sb
ground attack aircraft
sudden attack of a serious illness
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攖* | 攖* | *攖
oppose / to attack
night attack
myocardial infarction; heart attack
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
to attack (the enemy)
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
to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
to face an attack / to repulse the enemy
(of enemy forces) to invade; to attack
to attack and destroy
combined assault / to mount a joint attack
delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
to attack (one another)
to attack and sink (a ship)
to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander / malicious attacks
tactic of several persons or groups taking turns to fight one opponent; tag-team attack
to attack / to raid / (of medicine) potent
to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow
a diversion / a feint attack to mislead the enemy
attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
(lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack
to fling back weapons hurled at one by attackers (acrobatic performance in Chinese opera) / to come to blows / to start a fight
lightning attack / Blitzkrieg
to knock at the gate (old) / to make an approach / to invade / to attack the goal (sports)
to face the enemy / to meet an attack
to annihilate / to attack and destroy / Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG / usually 殲擊8型|歼击8
lit. to besiege and rescue 趙|赵 (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom) / fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself / to overrate one's abilities
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馮* | 馮* | *馮
to gallop / to assist / to attack / to wade / great / old variant of 憑|凭
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)
surprise attack / raid
(old) rocks that can be dropped from a height onto an attacking enemy
to intercept and attack (military)
deadly blow / vicious attack / treacherous assault
to make a surprise attack / to pounce on (an enemy)
(idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear
(TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger
suicide attacker; suicide bomber / voluptuous woman; muscular man
to be attacked by both sides in a quarrel / to be caught in the crossfire
to outflank and attack from the rear
attack from the rear
lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle
to attack sb by exposing faults / to denounce
(military) human wave attack
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
to attack violently / to storm
(idiom) to launch an all-out attack / to roundly condemn; to castigate
lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure / the situation is hopeless
to criticize harshly / to denounce / to attack viciously
to attack a camp
sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex)
to attack and kill
attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
to attack and seize
the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent
lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy

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