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(Tw) (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
(computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
HSK 7-9
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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
offensive
to counterattack / a counteroffensive
(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc) / to be discredited
(military) offensive
to specialize in / to major in
to assault a fortified position / (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission
main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in
to vilify sb wantonly / unrestrained attack (on sb)
to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc)
fast break / quick attack (ball sports)
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
HSK 7-9
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)
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
total football (soccer)
personal attack
to besiege / to beleaguer / to attack from all sides / to jointly speak or write against sb
to attack and seize
the front line / the attack (e.g. football forwards)
to attack for a long time without success
(military) to take by storm
to attack sb by exposing faults / to denounce
to force entrance into / to score a goal (sport)
to assault / to attack in force
marketing campaign
to besiege (a town)
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
to capture / to take / to overcome / to solve
to attack and defend (usu. in reference to opposing sides, but can be one party playing both roles)
to attack violently / to storm
lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
ground attack aircraft
Kamikaze Unit (Japanese corps of suicide pilots in World War II) / kamikaze (vodka-based cocktail)
(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 / to raid / (of medicine) potent
to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force
(Tw) terrorist attack (abbr. for 恐怖攻擊|恐怖攻击)
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)
to attack (the enemy)
to attack (one another)
(literary) to storm and capture / strategy; directions; guide; how-to
(TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger
nuclear-powered attack submarine
to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
(slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
to make a breakthrough / to break through / to breach (military)
Story of Yanxi Palace (2018 TV series)
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
to perform acupuncture
to block a shot (basketball) (Tw)
potential for attack / firepower
to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
to conquer / to defeat (militarily)
(idiom) (of a nation) to denounce and threaten with military force; to try to coerce
the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent
battering ram
food coma / postprandial somnolence
to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
to attack jointly
(computing) phishing attack


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