gōng

to attack

to accuse; to study; (LGBT) top

work (工) + strike (攵) = to attack

攵 is a hand holding a stick, the image of striking or driving action. 工 mainly gives the sound gōng; the striking hand carries the core meaning of attack.

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敌军开始向我们进了。

dí jūn kāi shǐ xiàng wǒ men jìn gōng le。

The enemy troops have started to attack us.

他们决定主动出击,先对方的阵地。

tā men jué dìng zhǔ dòng chū jī,xiān gōng duì fāng de zhèn dì。

They decided to take the initiative and attack the other side's position first.

Words with 攻

进攻

jìn gōng

to attack

钓鱼式攻击

diào yú shì gōng jī

(computing) phishing attack

阻攻

zǔ gōng

to block a shot (basketball) (Tw)

阻断服务攻击

zǔ duàn fú wù gōng jī

(Tw) (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)

饭气攻心

fàn qì gōng xīn

food coma

不攻自破

bù gōng zì pò

(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc)

中间人攻击

zhōng jiān rén gōng jī

(computing) man-in-the-middle attack

主攻

zhǔ gōng

main assault

久攻不下

jiǔ gōng bù xià

to attack for a long time without success

人身攻击

rén shēn gōng jī

personal attack

他山之石可以攻玉

tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù

lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside

以子之矛,攻子之盾

yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn

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

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