围剿

Traditional form:

圍剿

Pinyin (reading):

wéijiǎo

Definitions:

• to encircle and annihilate
• refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards

Characters:

• 围 - to surround, to encircle, to corral
• 剿 - to annihilate, to destroy, to exterminate

Traditional characters:

• 圍 - to surround, to encircle, to corral
• 剿 - to annihilate, to destroy, to exterminate