围城打援 in English wei2 cheng2 da3 yuan2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to besiege and strike the relief force (idiomatic expression); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops

Simplified Characters

围 城 打 援

Traditional Characters

圍 城 打 援

Pinyin

wei2 cheng2 da3 yuan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

围wei2surname Wei 城cheng2city walls 打da3dozen (loanword) 援yuan2to help