4 characters Idiom and proverb 17 925

Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「掠地攻城」, with details below.

Here is the Chinese idiom 「掠地攻城」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Seize territories and attack cities. Describes an attack on the enemy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

luě dì gōng chéng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

leuk6 dei6/dei2 gung1 sing4

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