攻克
gōngkè
to capture, to overcome
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 军队攻克了那座要塞。The army captured that fortress.
- 科学家终于攻克了这个难题。Scientists finally cracked this hard problem.
Collocations
攻克难关攻克要塞攻克难题一举攻克
Mnemonic
攻 gōng "to attack" + 克 kè "to overcome, conquer": to attack and overcome, i.e. to capture, to crack (a hard problem). Korean renders it as "to storm, capture, conquer". Two shades: capturing an enemy position (攻克要塞) and overcoming a hard problem or technology (攻克难题). The figurative second sense appears often in exams. It shares 攻 with 攻击 (to attack), but 攻克 centers on overcoming and taking. 克 means "to overcome" (克服).
Related
攻克攻占克服突破
Quick check
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