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兜篤將軍 (dau1 duk1 zoeng1 gwan1) — (a chess move) an unexpected attack from behind in Cantonese

dauˉ¹兜dukˉ¹篤zoengˉ¹將gwanˉ¹軍
简 兜笃将军
Mandarin Pinyin: dou1 du3 jiang1 jun1

Meaning of 兜篤將軍

noun(a chess move) an unexpected attack from behind
nounto strike unexpectedly when playing chess; to stab someone in the back

Characters in 兜篤將軍

兜dau1
help out (in conversation);
篤duk1
to poke; to prod; to stab | Variously written as 篤, 督, or 擉 because there is no real consensus as to the 'proper' character for this Cantonese meaning | 漢: 戳; 刺
將zoeng1
be going to; be about to; will; shall
軍gwan1
army; military; soldiers; troops; forces; of national defence

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