擇敵

Chinese

		pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick	enemy; match
trad. (擇敵)		擇	敵
simp. (择敌)		择	敌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zédí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄉㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zédí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zédí
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²-ti²
    • Yale: dzé-dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzerdyi
    • Palladius: цзэди (czɛdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ti³⁵/

Verb

擇敵

1. to single out the principal enemy

   • 這個叫做不會擇敵和浪費彈藥。 [MSC, trad.]
     这个叫做不会择敌和浪费弹药。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論反對日本帝國主義的策略》 (On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhège jiàozuò bùhuì zédí hé làngfèi dànyào. [Pinyin]

     This would mean failure to single out the principal enemy and waste of ammunition.