dat6 wai4突圍突围
Jyutpingdat6 wai4
Yaledaht wàih
Definition
To break through an encirclement.
colloquialworksports
How it's used
Originally a military term for escaping a siege, this word is now frequently used in business, sports, or competitive contexts to describe standing out from a crowded field. Adding 出 at the end as 突圍而出 is extremely common and adds a sense of successfully emerging from a difficult situation.
Examples
They used many strategies and finally succeeded in breaking through.
Facing so many opponents, how will you manage to break through?
Related words
Common phrases
to successfully break through and emerge
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
