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攻关

gōngguān

to tackle a key problem; to storm a difficult pass

Three people together push a boulder out of a mountain gap
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Characters in this word

攻 gōng

Strokes
7
Radical
攵 — to rap, to tap
Made of
工 labor, work 攵 to rap, to tap
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

关 guān

Strokes
6
Radical
丷 — horns
Made of
丷 horns 天 sky, heaven

Example phrases

  • 为了攻关这项核心技术,实验室连续三年没有更换研究方向。 Wèile gōngguān zhè xiàng héxīn jìshù, shíyànshì liánxù sān nián méiyǒu gēnghuàn yánjiū fāngxiàng. To tackle this core technology, the laboratory did not change its research direction for three consecutive years.
  • 工程师们连夜攻关,终于解决了系统故障。 Gōngchéngshīmen lián yè gōngguān, zhōngyú jiějué le xìtǒng gùzhàng. The engineers worked through the night on the key problem and finally fixed the system fault.
  • 大家集中力量攻关,争取月底完成新版本。 Dàjiā jízhōng lìliàng gōngguān, zhēngqǔ yuèdǐ wánchéng xīn bǎnběn. Everyone pooled their strength to crack the hard part, aiming to finish the new version by the end of the month.

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