狙擊
See also: 狙撃
Chinese edit
(ape); to spy; lie in ambush | to hit; to strike; to break | ||
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trad. (狙擊) | 狙 | 擊 | |
simp. (狙击) | 狙 | 击 |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
狙擊
- to ambush; to lie in wait
- 秦皇帝東游,良與客狙擊秦皇帝博浪沙中,誤中副車。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qín Huángdì dōng yóu, Liáng yǔ kè jūjī Qín Huángdì Bólàng shā zhōng, wù zhòng fù chē. [Pinyin]
- Zhang Liang and his hire were lying in wait in the dunes of Bolang to attack the Emperor of Qin who was on his eastward tour. However, they hit his auxiliary carriage by mistake.
秦皇帝东游,良与客狙击秦皇帝博浪沙中,误中副车。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- to snipe; to shoot with a sniper rifle