迫降 (pò xiáng) — to force someone to surrender; to compel an enemy to yield
Definition
A formal/strategic verb meaning to force an enemy or opponent to surrender by military or political pressure (e.g. cutting supplies, encircling). Unrelated to the aviation sense of an emergency landing.
verb
to force someone to surrenderto compel an enemy to yield
Examples
- ，。Dí jūn bèi bāo wéi hòu, zhǐ huī guān xià lìng pò jiàng.After the enemy was surrounded, the commander ordered them to be forced to surrender.
- 。Tā men tōng guò qiē duàn bǔ jǐ xiàn lái pò jiàng shǒu jūn.They forced the defenders to surrender by cutting off their supply lines.
- 。Lì shǐ shàng céng yǒu duō cì chéng gōng pò jiàng de àn lì.History has many cases of successfully forcing a surrender.
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