久攻不下 jiǔ gōng bù xià

to attack for a long time without success

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to attack for a long time without success

Characters

Character Meaning
久 jiǔ HSK 3
(long) time; (long) duration of time
攻 gōng HSK 6
to attack; to study; to accuse
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down