Attack is the best form of defense.
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防御
Traditional: 防禦
fáng yù
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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fáng yù · fong4 jyu6 (Jyutping)
- defense
- to defend
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Character breakdown
防
- Meaning
- defend; prevent; embankment
- Radical
- 阝
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰阝方
- Cangjie
- NLYHS
- Four-corner
- 7022.7
御
- Meaning
- drive, ride; chariot; manage
- Radical
- 彳
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿰彳卸
- Cangjie
- HOOML
- Four-corner
- 2722.0
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