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发起	fā qǐ	to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
进攻	jìn gōng	to attack / to assault / to go on the offensive / attack / assault / offense (sports)
抄袭	chāo xí	to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
众矢之的	zhòng shǐ zhī dì	lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides
叫板	jiào bǎn	to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
出其不意，攻其不备	chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi	to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法)
对号入座	duì hào rù zuò	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
双管齐下	shuāng guǎn qí xià	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
乘胜追击	chéng shèng zhuī jī	to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
攻击线	gōng jī xiàn	the front line / the attack (e.g. football forwards)
借刀杀人	jiè dāo shā rén	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)
反围剿	fǎn wéi jiǎo	communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign
病入膏肓	bìng rù gāo huāng	lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure / the situation is hopeless
违强凌弱	wéi qiáng líng ruò	to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully / also written 违强陵弱
杀敌	shā dí	to attack the enemy
围魏救赵	wéi Wèi jiù Zhào	lit. to besiege 魏 and rescue 赵 (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
直捣黄龙	zhí dǎo Huáng Lóng	lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
迎击	yíng jī	to face an attack / to repulse the enemy
丁玲	Dīng Líng	Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party
撕咬	sī yǎo	to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)