attrition warfare; taking turns fighting
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attrition warfare; a tactic of wearing down an opponent by taking turns to fight them
neutralA strategy commonly described in historical warfare, martial arts contexts, debates, games, or sports. It exploits the advantage of numbers to exhaust a single opponent or a smaller group.
Dí敌
rén人
zài在
shān山
xià下
bǎi摆
kāi开
chē车
lún轮
zhàn战
，
qǐ企
tú图
xiāo消
hào耗
wǒ我
jūn军
tǐ体
lì力
。
The enemy deployed attrition warfare at the foot of the mountain, attempting to drain our troops' stamina.
Zài在
biàn辩
lùn论
sài赛
zhōng中
，
wǒ我
men们
duì队
cǎi采
yòng用
chē车
lún轮
zhàn战
，
lún轮
liú流
shàng上
chǎng场
bó驳
chì斥
duì对
fāng方
lùn论
diǎn点
。
In the debate competition, our team used the tactic of taking turns, successively going on stage to refute the opposing arguments.
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Tā他
wǔ武
gōng功
zài再
gāo高
，
yě也
jīng经
bu不
zhù住
zhè这
qī七
bā八
gè个
rén人
de的
chē车
lún轮
zhàn战
。
No matter how skilled his martial arts are, he couldn't withstand the attrition warfare from these seven or eight people.