殲敵

Chinese

		annihilate	enemy; match
trad. (殲敵)		殲	敵
simp. (歼敌)		歼	敌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāndí

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄉㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāndí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄉㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiandí
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-ti²
  - Yale: jyān-dí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiandyi
  - Palladius: цзяньди (czjanʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti³⁵/

Verb

殲敵

to annihilate the enemy
- 集中兵力各個殲敵的原則，以殲滅敵軍有生力量為主要目標，不以保守或奪取地方為主要目標。 [MSC, trad.]
  集中兵力各个歼敌的原则，以歼灭敌军有生力量为主要目标，不以保守或夺取地方为主要目标。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1946, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《集中優勢兵力，各個殲滅敵人》 (Concentrate a Superior Force to Destroy the Enemy Forces One by One), 毛澤東選集 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung). English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition
  Jízhōng bīnglì gègè jiāndí de yuánzé, yǐ jiānmiè díjūn yǒushēng lìliàng wéi zhǔyào mùbiāo, bù yǐ bǎoshǒu huò duóqǔ dìfang wéi zhǔyào mùbiāo. [Pinyin]
  The principle of concentrating our forces to wipe out the enemy forces one by one is aimed chiefly at annihilating the enemy's effective strength, not at holding or seizing a place.

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