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夹攻

jiā gōng

2-character word Traditional 夾攻

What 夹攻 means

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

The characters in 夹攻

• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 攻gōngto attack; to accuse; to study

Sounds the same

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

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