招降 (zhāo jiàng) — to summon (the enemy) to surrender

Definition

A military/political verb: to call on the opposing side to give up and surrender. It is a transitive action performed toward an enemy, not a synonym of the plain verb 投降 ('to surrender' itself).

verb

to summon (the enemy) to surrender

Examples

招降，。
Jiāng jūn duō cì pài rén zhāo jiàng, dàn dí jūn jù jué tóu xiáng.
The general sent people many times to call on the enemy to surrender, but they refused.
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Dí jūn bèi wǒ jūn zhāo le jǐ cì jiàng, zuì hòu zhōng yú tóu xiáng le.
Our army called on the enemy to surrender several times, and in the end they finally surrendered.
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Zhāo xiáng chéng gōng zhī hòu, xǔ duō shì bīng xuǎn zé jiā rù wǒ men.
After successfully calling for surrender, many soldiers chose to join us.

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