偷袭
tōu xí
Pinyin

Definition

偷袭
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tōu xí
  1. to mount a sneak attack
  2. to raid

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偷
tōu
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to snatch
  4. 4 thief
  5. 5 stealthily
偷偷
tōu tōu
  1. 1 stealthily
  2. 2 secretly
  3. 3 covertly
  4. 4 furtively
  5. 5 on the sly
偷吃
tōu chī
  1. 1 to eat on the sly
  2. 2 to pilfer food
  3. 3 to be unfaithful
偷情
tōu qíng
  1. 1 to carry on a clandestine love affair
偷懒
tōu lǎn
  1. 1 to goof off
  2. 2 to be lazy
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
偷窥
tōu kuī
  1. 1 to peep
  2. 2 to peek
  3. 3 to act as voyeur
偷笑
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
偷闲
tōu xián
  1. 1 to snatch a moment of leisure
  2. 2 to take a break from work
  3. 3 also written 偷閒|偷闲[tōu xián]
小偷
xiǎo tōu
  1. 1 thief
偷偷摸摸
tōu tōu mō mō
  1. 1 surreptitious
  2. 2 sneaky
偷去
tōu qù
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to make off with
  3. 3 stolen
偷取
tōu qǔ
  1. 1 to steal
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷安
tōu ān
  1. 1 to shirk responsibility
  2. 2 thoughtless pleasure-seeking
偷工
tōu gōng
  1. 1 to skimp on the job
  2. 2 to avoid work
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
偷换
tōu huàn
  1. 1 to substitute on the sly
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷渡
tōu dù
  1. 1 illegal immigration
  2. 2 to stowaway (on a ship)
  3. 3 to steal across the international border
  4. 4 to run a blockade

Idioms (11)

偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
苟且偷安
gǒu qiě tōu ān
  1. 1 seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself
  2. 2 taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
苟且偷生
gǒu qiě tōu shēng
  1. 1 to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
凿壁偷光
záo bì tōu guāng
  1. 1 lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship

Sample Sentences

看来蓝方已经揣摩出我们想要偷袭他们的补给线，然后派出坦克来进行骚扰。
kànlái lánfāng yǐjīng chuǎimó chū wǒmen xiǎngyào tōuxí tāmen de bǔjǐxiàn ，ránhòu pàichū tǎnkè lái jìnxíng sāorǎo 。
It looks like Blue has already figured out that we want to make a raid on their supply line, and so then they sent out tanks to carry out harrassment.
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