制空权

制空權

zhìkōngquán

noun #65,103

Meanings

1 air supremacy
2 air superiority
3 command of the air

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Examples

夺取制空权是现代战争的关键。

Duóqǔ zhìkōngquán shì xiàndài zhànzhēng de guānjiàn.

Seizing air supremacy is the key to modern warfare.

没有制空权，地面部队很难推进。

Méiyǒu zhìkōngquán, dìmiàn bùduì hěn nán tuījìn.

Without air supremacy, ground forces find it hard to advance.

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history

The concept traces to Italian general Giulio Douhet's 1921 book Il dominio dell'aria, rendered in Chinese as 制空权 — 'control of the air'. Paired terms: 制海权 (sea control), 制陆权 (land control), and more recently 制信息权 / 制天权.

Stroke Order

制 zhì

空 kōng

权 quán