攻陷

gōngxiàn

verb #27,958

Meanings

HSK 7-9

敌军在激战之后终于攻陷了这座城市。

Díjūn zài jīzhàn zhīhòu zhōngyú gōngxiàn le zhè zuò chéngshì.

The enemy troops finally captured the city after fierce fighting.

HSK 7-9

黑客试图攻陷公司的服务器。

Hēikè shìtú gōngxiàn gōngsī de fúwùqì.

Hackers attempted to breach the company's servers.

usage

攻陷 is used both in military contexts (taking a city) and figuratively in modern Chinese, e.g. hacking into a system or 'conquering' a difficult task.

攻 gōng

陷 xiàn