zhàn

war, fighting, battle

HSK 5 #145

DEFINITIONS

战 zhàn
  • to fight
  • fight
  • war
  • battle

STROKES

WORDS

lì zhàn to fight with all one's might
列舰 zhàn liè jiàn battleship
抖 zhàn dǒu to shudder; to tremble
祸 zhàn huò disaster of war
细菌 xì jūn zhàn biological warfare; germ warfare
化学 huà xué zhàn chemical warfare
法 zhàn fǎ military strategy
拉锯 lā jù zhàn to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest
白刃 bái rèn zhàn hand-to-hand fighting
lín zhàn just before the contest; on the eve of war
shāng zhàn trade war
兢兢 zhàn jīng jīng shaking with fear
朝鲜争 cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng Korean War (1950-1953)
消耗 xiāo hào zhàn war of attrition
lián zhàn Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang
闪击 shǎn jī zhàn lightning war; Blitzkrieg
丁卯争 dīng mǎo zhàn zhēng first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
不列颠保卫 bù liè diān bǎo wèi zhàn see 不列顛戰役|不列颠战役[Bu4 lie4 dian1 Zhan4 yi4])
不列颠役 bù liè diān zhàn yì Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)
不宣而 bù xuān ér zhàn open hostilities without declaring war; start an undeclared war
不惜一 bù xī yī zhàn to be ready to go to war
不和 bù zhàn bù hé neither war nor peace
丙子争 bǐng zǐ zhàn zhēng second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
中法争 zhōng fǎ zhàn zhēng Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
中越争 zhōng yuè zhàn zhēng the Sino-Vietnamese War, fought between the PRC and Vietnam in 1979; also known as the Third Indochina War