Definition
迫降 (pò xiáng) means 'to force someone to surrender; to compel an enemy to lay down arms'. The character 降 here is read xiáng (to surrender), not jiàng (to descend). This word is used in military or historical contexts to describe a strategy of persuasion or pressure that leads to capitulation without a full battle.
v.
to force someone to surrenderto compel an enemy to yield
Examples
- ，。Díjūn bèi bāowéi hòu, zhǐhuīguān xiàlìng pò xiáng.After the enemy was surrounded, the commander ordered them to be forced to surrender.
- 。Tāmen tōngguò qiēduàn bǔjǐ xiàn lái pò xiáng shǒujūn.They forced the defenders to surrender by cutting off their supply lines.
- 。Lìshǐ shàng céng yǒu duōcì chénggōng pò xiáng de ànlì.History has many cases of successfully forcing a surrender.
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