Attack is the best form of defense.
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御
Traditional: 禦
yù
yù · jyu6 (Jyutping)
- (bound form) imperial; royal
- (literary) to drive (a carriage)
- (literary) to manage; to govern
- (bound form) to defend; to resist
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Character breakdown
御
- Meaning
- drive, ride; chariot; manage
- Radical
- 彳
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿰彳卸
- Cangjie
- HOOML
- Four-corner
- 2722.0
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Example sentences
They defended their country against the invaders.
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