火力网 (huǒ lì wǎng) — (military) interlocking field of fire; network of firepower

Definition

Military term for a coordinated web of gunfire from multiple positions, so fire overlaps and blocks enemy movement. Think 火力 (firepower) + 网 (net): a 'net of fire' that traps the target.

noun
(military) interlocking field of firenetwork of firepower

Examples

  • 火力网。
    Shì bīng men zhèng zài xiǎng bàn fǎ tū pò dí rén de huǒ lì wǎng.
    The soldiers are figuring out how to break through the enemy's fire net.
  • 火力网，。
    Duì fāng de huǒ lì wǎng fēi cháng mì jí, wǒ men hěn nán kào jìn.
    The opposing fire net is very dense; it's hard for us to get close.
  • 火力网。
    Tā men yòng jī qiāng hé huǒ pào zǔ chéng le yán mì de huǒ lì wǎng.
    They formed a tight fire net with machine guns and artillery.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

火力firepower
火huǒfire力lìpower
偏正Modifier + head
网wǎngnet

火 fire and 力 power make firepower, and 网 net describes an interlocking field of fire.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Open 火 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

Open 力 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
罔
罔wǎng網wǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

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