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追亡逐北

Mandarin · pinyin zhuī wáng zhú běi

to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy

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追: zhuī · pursue, chase after; expel
亡: wáng · death, destroyed; lose, perish
逐: zhú · chase, expel; one by one
北: běi · north; northern; northward

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1–2–2–3 · zhui1 wang2 zhu2 bei3

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zeoi1 mong4 zuk6 bak1

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(idiomatic) to pursue and attack defeated soldiers that are fleeing

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