zhàn

war, fighting, battle

HSK 5 #145

DEFINITIONS

战 zhàn
  • to fight
  • fight
  • war
  • battle

STROKES

WORDS

huì zhàn decisive battle; (fig.) campaign
有征无 yǒu zhēng wú zhàn to win without a fight (idiom)
cháo zhàn abbr. for 朝鮮戰爭|朝鲜战争[Chao2 xian3 Zhan4 zheng1], Korean War (1950-1953)
板门店停村 bǎn mén diàn tíng zhàn cūn Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
柏举之 bǎi jǔ zhī zhàn Baiju war of 506 BC, in which Wu 吴 scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚
hé zhàn nuclear warfare
斗部 hé zhàn dòu bù nuclear warhead
楚汉争 chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu
橙色剂 chéng sè zhàn jì Agent Orange (herbicide)
机械警 jī xiè zhàn jǐng RoboCop (movie)
武警士 wǔ jǐng zhàn shì armed fighters; armed police; militia
沉着应 chén zhuó yìng zhàn to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
浴血苦 yù xuè kǔ zhàn a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom)
海湾争 hǎi wān zhàn zhēng (Persian) Gulf War
海军陆队 hǎi jūn lù zhàn duì marine corps; marines
淮海役 huái hǎi zhàn yì 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
烽烟四起,火纷飞 fēng yān sì qǐ , zhàn huǒ fēn fēi lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
无名士墓 wú míng zhàn shì mù Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
无名死 wú míng zhàn sǐ the unknown soldier (symbolizing war dead)
zhēng zhàn fight
士 kuáng zhàn shì berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
独立争 dú lì zhàn zhēng war of independence
玫瑰争 méi guī zhàn zhēng The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
瓜达卡纳尔役 guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific
生命不息,斗不止 shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last