迎头痛击 (yíng tóu tòng jí) — to strike head-on (before the opponent can act); to deliver a frontal assault
Definition
A vivid chengyu meaning to strike the enemy head-on with no warning — a direct, forceful counterattack at the very start. Use for military, rhetorical, or policy contexts where the blow is immediate and frontal.
idiom
to strike head-on (before the opponent can act)to deliver a frontal assault
Examples
- ，迎头痛击。Dí rén gāng jìn rù zhèn dì, jiù zāo dào le wǒ jūn de yíng tóu tòng jí.As soon as the enemy entered the position, they were met with a frontal assault from our army.
- ，迎头痛击，。Miàn duì yáo yán, tā lì jí yíng tóu tòng jí, gōng kāi chéng qīng shì shí.Facing the rumors, he immediately struck head-on and publicly clarified the facts.
- 迎头痛击。Zhè ge xīn zhèng cè gěi fǔ bài wèn tí yǐ yíng tóu tòng jí.This new policy dealt a head-on blow to the corruption problem.
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