围 ㄨㄟ ˊ wéi 剿 ㄐㄧㄠ ˇ jiǎo 圍 ㄨㄟ ˊ wéi 剿 ㄐㄧㄠ ˇ jiǎo to encircle and annihilate refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards