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快攻 (kuài gōng) — (noun/verb) fast break; quick attack (in ball games, especially basketball)

Definition

Sports term for a 'fast break' — a rapid attacking play, especially in basketball, after gaining possession. Most common as a noun (打快攻) but also used as a verb for the action itself.

(noun/verb) fast breakquick attack (in ball games, especially basketball)

Examples

  • 快攻。
    Tā zài lán qiú bǐ sài zhōng jīng cháng shǐ yòng kuài gōng.
    He often uses the fast break in basketball games.
  • 快攻，。
    Zhè ge duì de kuài gōng fēi cháng kuài, duì shǒu hěn nán fáng shǒu.
    This team's fast break is very fast, making it hard for opponents to defend.
  • 快攻。
    Jiào liàn yāo qiú wǒ men duō dǎ kuài gōng.
    The coach asks us to play more fast breaks.

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.

快kuàiquick
攻gōngattack

快 quick narrows 攻 attack to a fast offensive move.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
夬
夬guài快kuài
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

快 pairs the left part 忄 (full form 心, the heart) with the right part 夬, which gives the sound.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攵Written in full as攴pūhand holding a tool or weapon
Sound part声符shēngfú
工
工gōng攻gōng
Same sound today

攻 puts 工, which gives the pronunciation, beside 攵, a hand holding a tool or weapon.

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