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战
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Definitions
- 1. to fight
- 2. fight
- 3. war
- 4. battle
Example Sentences
1 shown二 战 始于1939年。
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Words Containing 战
War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰
psychological warfare
civil war
Agent White
disastrous conflict
mobile warfare
hand-to-hand combat
to fight lustily
election campaign
people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳|吴[wú] scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚[chǔ]
war chariot
nuclear warfare
Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
united front
chaotic warfare
World War Two
challenger
Armistice Day
battlefield
biological (warfare) defense
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ]); to win every fight
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
(movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s)
fighter
trade war
Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu
spoils of war
RoboCop (movie)
the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
(military) to meet for a decisive battle
chemical warfare
to zealously continue fighting
strategy
to shiver
Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 with Japanese support
confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)
(fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence
Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军[qín jūn] encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
skirmish
(military) encounter
lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
hard fighting
war on terrorism
to fight in one place after another
the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage
outstanding military service
strategic partner
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
warhorse
strategic nuclear force
late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
Holy war
National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] as emperor
to lose a war
air war
war of words
campaign; expedition
Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists
Star Wars
International war crimes tribunal
warlike
to die in battle (idiom)
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
fight
battlefield
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
Rammstein (German metal band)
to support (in battle)
armed fighters
war preparation
carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG)
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])
a grade A war criminal
chemical detection kit
to challenge
warhead
shiver
battlefield situation
struggle
United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD)
strategy
a strategist
World War One
to engage in battle
opportunity in a battle
(literary) to shake with fear
field army
Chinese Civil War, also known as War of Liberation 解放戰爭|解放战争[jiě fàng zhàn zhēng]
missing in action (MIA) (military)
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
assured destruction strategy
battle group
Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
see 不列顛戰役|不列颠战役[bù liè diān zhàn yì]
strategic
American War of Independence (1775-1783)
hand-to-hand fighting
World War Two
Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang
war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
war of independence
cognitive warfare
just before the contest
Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
to-and-fro tussle
World War II
battleship
Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[qí], 楚[chǔ], 燕[yān], 韓|韩[hán], 趙|赵[zhào], 魏[wèi] and 秦[qín]
battle-ax
warrior in white
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
(literary) at the height of the battle
United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD)
to emerge victorious in every battle
see 打野炮[dǎ yě pào]
the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
shaking with fear
to meet a challenge
antiwar protest
to fight
gun battle
War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
chemical warhead
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
combat
Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操[cáo cāo] domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[xǔ chāng] in north Henan)
strategic point
chaos of war
germ warfare
bloody battle
to cease fire; to stop fighting
World War I (1914-1918)
naval battle
trench
the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
(sports) team jersey
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
nuclear warhead
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
military campaign
war criminal
comrade-in-arms
fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom); ever victorious
military strength
to fight fiercely
to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
biological warfare; germ warfare
the Crimean War (1853-1856)
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
to lose a war
bitter struggle
chemical warfare agent
berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
tactical nuclear weapons
to prevail over
war of words
see 軍棋|军棋[jūn qí]
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom)
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
to go to war
fight to the death
battleship
wartime
strategic defense initiative (SDI)
fighting group
to shudder
to watch from the sidelines
the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861
end of the war
fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
Memorial Day (American holiday)
boot camp
battle line
warship
war of aggression
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
to fight with all one's might
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
the pro-war faction
National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] as emperor
open hostilities without declaring war
after the war
war of words
decisive battle
to tremble
tactics
a war flag
tactical missile
military successes; (fig.) successes in a competition
lightning war
strategic nuclear weapon
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
war
the flames of war
to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
to tremble with fear
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
war
fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country
to challenge to battle
war
to debate
Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
war crime
PLA commanders and fighters
trade war
incessant fighting between warlords
biological agent
Korean War (1950-1953)
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
prisoner of war
to win the first battle
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[huáng zhōu qū] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[huáng gāng], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[cáo cāo] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu
(military) human wave attack
battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific
trench fever
to start a war
(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
see 作戰失蹤人員|作战失踪人员[zuò zhàn shī zōng rén yuán]
bitter fighting
marine corps
to fight
real combat
Battle of Talas (751), military engagement in the valley of the Talas River 塔拉斯河[tǎ lā sī hé], in which Arab forces defeated Tang armies, marking the end of Tang westward expansion
to fight bravely
strategic bomber
radiological operations
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
\Strategies of the Warring States\, chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[sū qín]
to meet the enemy head-on
military strategy
battlefield operation
artillery bombardment; artillery battle
prepared against war
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
world war
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom)
civil war
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
trembling with fear
to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
(coll.) shiver
to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
Battle of Midway, June 1942
(military) to go off to war
fighting strength
written war challenge
the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
to tremble
to take up a challenge
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear
Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)
Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[nǔ ěr hā chì] crushed four Ming armies
(Persian) Gulf War
geostrategic
unrestricted warfare (originally the title of a Chinese book published in 1999, later used to refer to war by any means, military or non-military, including cyberwarfare, economic warfare etc)
battleship
(fig.) strained relationship
to win without a fight (idiom)
strategy
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
a blitzkrieg strategy (idiom)
anti-war
to declare war
Korean War (1950-1953)
fighter (aircraft)
World War II
war situation
late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
Agent Orange (herbicide)
psychological warfare
capoeira
fighter
neither war nor peace
to fight
written polemics
(idiom) all-conquering; invincible
Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction)
Space Shuttle Challenger
armistice
finger-guessing game
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
war of attrition
to be ready to go to war
guerrilla warfare
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)
delaying tactics
prolonged war
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
blitzkrieg
verbal sparring
to tremble with fear (idiom)
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
to do battle (with sb)
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
war zone
to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)
to tremble with fear