各个击破

各個擊破

gègè-jīpò

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Meanings

HSK 3

面对多道难题，他决定各个击破。

Miànduì duō dào nántí, tā juédìng gègèjīpò.

Facing multiple hard problems, he decided to tackle them one at a time.

HSK 4

我们要集中兵力，各个击破。

Wǒmen yào jízhōng bīnglì, gègèjīpò.

We must concentrate our forces and defeat them one by one.

history

Used by Mao Zedong in 《中国的红色政权为什么能够存在》: 集中红军…避免被敌人各个击破 - 'concentrate the Red Army…avoid being picked off one by one'.

usage

Now widely used beyond military contexts: studying, debugging, marketing. Classic military-strategy metaphor in modern business speech.

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