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夹击

jiā jī

2-character word Traditional 夾擊

What 夹击 means

1. pincer attack
2. attack from two or more sides
3. converging attack
4. attack on a flank
5. fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks

The characters in 夹击

• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break

Example sentences

• 我们被两面夹击了。
  Wǒmen bèi liǎngmiàn jiājī le.
  We were attacked from both sides.

Sounds the same

Read jiā jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 家姬(old) female servants or concubines in homes of the rich

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