zhàn

war, fighting, battle

HSK 5 #145

DEFINITIONS

战 zhàn
  • to fight
  • fight
  • war
  • battle

STROKES

WORDS

略性 zhàn lüè xìng strategic
功 zhàn gōng outstanding military service
背水一 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
zhuǎn zhàn to fight in one place after another
身经百 shēn jīng bǎi zhàn lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom); fig. experienced; seasoned
国 zhàn guó the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
略家 zhàn lüè jiā a strategist
船 zhàn chuán warship
百胜 bǎi zhàn bǎi shèng to emerge victorious in every battle; to be ever-victorious
shèng zhàn Holy war; jihad
áo zhàn bitter fighting; a violent battle
闪电 shǎn diàn zhàn blitzkrieg; blitz
二次大 èr cì dà zhàn World War Two
肉搏 ròu bó zhàn hand-to-hand combat
lùn zhàn to debate; to contend; polemics
hán zhàn shiver
书 zhàn shū written war challenge
kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
不殆 bǎi zhàn bù dài to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to win every fight
kōng zhàn air war; air warfare
解放争 jiě fàng zhàn zhēng 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
旗 zhàn qí a war flag; an army banner
生物 shēng wù zhàn germ warfare; biological warfare
shé zhàn verbal sparring; duel of words
前哨 qián shào zhàn skirmish