各個擊破

Chinese

		each; every; various	to destroy; to defeat; to break to destroy; to defeat; to break; to break up; to rout
trad. (各個擊破)		各個	擊破
simp. (各个击破)		各个	击破

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gègèjīpò, gègèjípò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧ ㄆㄛˋ, ㄍㄜˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ go³ gik¹ po³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gègèjīpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gègèjipò
    • Wade–Giles: ko⁴-ko⁴-chi¹-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: gè-gè-jī-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gehgehjipoh
    • Palladius: гэгэцзипо (gɛgɛczipo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gègèjípò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˋ ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gègèjípò
    • Wade–Giles: ko⁴-ko⁴-chi²-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: gè-gè-jí-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gehgehjyipoh
    • Palladius: гэгэцзипо (gɛgɛczipo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³ go³ gik¹ po³
    • Yale: gok go gīk po
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ go³ gik⁷ po³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³ go³ gig¹ po³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ kɔː³³ kɪk̚⁵ pʰɔː³³/

Idiom

各個擊破

1. to destroy one by one

   • 用兵力來強壓，來各個擊破那些比較他們小的、願意離開賣國賊而同我們聯合起來打日本的力量。 [MSC, trad.]
     用兵力来强压，来各个击破那些比较他们小的、愿意离开卖国贼而同我们联合起来打日本的力量。 [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

     Yòng bīnglì lái qiángyā, lái gègè jīpò nàxiē bǐjiào tāmen xiǎo de, yuànyì líkāi màiguózéi ér tóng wǒmen liánhé qǐlái dǎ Rìběn de lìliàng. [Pinyin]

     They will employ their armies to oppress and crush, one by one, all those weaker than themselves who want to part company with them and join us in fighting Japan.