Definition

1. Verb:
   • To wait for and engage the enemy: To prepare to meet and fight an enemy force that is approaching. This term implies a defensive or prepared stance against an incoming adversary.
   • To accept battle: To willingly confront and fight an enemy, often suggesting a formal or prepared military engagement.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân đội đã chuẩn bị sẵn sàng để nghênh địch. (The army was fully prepared to wait for and engage the enemy.)
  • Chiến lược của vị tướng là nghênh địch tại vùng đồi này. (The general's strategy was to accept battle in this hilly region.)

Advanced Usage

• "Nghênh địch" is a classical, literary, and military term. It is rarely used in modern everyday conversation and is most commonly found in historical texts, literature, or formal discussions about military strategy.
• The term often carries a connotation of honor, preparedness, and a formal challenge, rather than a surprise attack.

Variants and Related Words

• Nghinh địch: An alternate, equally correct spelling of the same word.
• Nghênh chiến: A closely related term meaning "to accept/meet a challenge of war" or "to engage in battle."
• Đón địch: A more modern and common phrase with a similar meaning, "to meet/welcome the enemy."

Synonyms

• Đón đánh: To meet and attack.
• Chấp chiến: To accept a fight/battle (can be used in both military and non-military contexts like sports).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• itself functions as a fixed verb phrase and is not typically broken down into separable components.

Related Idioms

• While is not commonly part of a longer idiom, its usage embodies the strategic principle of choosing the time and place for a defensive battle.

1. Wait for and engage the enemy