內潰

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	be dispersed; break down
trad. (內潰)		內	潰
simp. (内溃)		内	溃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèikuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèikuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèikuèi
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴-kʻuei⁴
    • Yale: nèi-kwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neykuey
    • Palladius: нэйкуй (nɛjkuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

內潰

1. internal strife; civil war
2. internal disintegration

   • 雖然喪失若干土地，還有廣大的回旋餘地，可以促進並等候國內的進步、國際的增援和敵人的內潰，這是抗日戰爭的上策。 [MSC, trad.]
     虽然丧失若干土地，还有广大的回旋余地，可以促进并等候国内的进步、国际的增援和敌人的内溃，这是抗日战争的上策。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Suīrán sàngshī ruògān tǔdì, hái yǒu guǎngdà de huíxuán yúdì, kěyǐ cùjìn bìng děnghòu guónèi de jìnbù, guójì de zēngyuán hé dírén de nèikuì, zhè shì kàngrì zhànzhēng de shàngcè. [Pinyin]

     For even though some of our territory may be lost, we shall still have plenty of room for manoeuvre and thus be able to promote and await domestic progress, international support and the internal disintegration of the enemy; that is the best policy for us in the anti-Japanese war.

Synonyms

• (internal strife):

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• 內亂／内乱 (nèiluàn)
• 內戰／内战 (nèizhàn)
• 國內戰爭／国内战争 (guónèi zhànzhēng)