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防御

fáng yù

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 防禦

What 防御 means

1. defense
2. to defend

The characters in 防御

• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 御yù(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage…

Example sentences

• 进攻是最好的防御。
  Jìngōng shì zuì hǎo de fángyù.
  Attack is the best form of defense.

Words starting with 防御

• 防御性fáng yù xìngdefensive (weapons)
• 防御率fáng yù lǜearned run average (baseball)
• 防御术fáng yù shùdefensive art
• 防御工事fáng yù gōng shìfortification; defensive structure

Words containing 防御

• 核防御hé fáng yùnuclear defense
• 战略防御倡议zhàn lüè fáng yù chàng yìstrategic defense initiative (SDI)