zhàn

war, fighting, battle

DEFINITIONS

戰 zhàn
  • to fight
  • fight
  • war
  • battle

WORDS

日 tíng zhàn rì Armistice Day
bèi zhàn prepared against war; to prepare for war; warmongering
克里木爭 kè lǐ mù zhàn zhēng the Crimean War (1853-1856)
nèi zhàn civil war
兩伊爭 liǎng yī zhàn zhēng Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
八二三砲 bā èr sān pào zhàn bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis
六二五爭 liù èr wǔ zhàn zhēng the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
六日爭 liù rì zhàn zhēng the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
lěng zhàn (US-Soviet) Cold War; cold war; (fig.) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms
lěng zhan (coll.) shiver; shudder
前哨 qián shào zhàn skirmish
lì zhàn to fight with all one's might
化學 huà xué zhàn chemical warfare
化學劑 huà xué zhàn jì chemical warfare agent
化學劑檢毒箱 huà xué zhàn jì jiǎn dú xiāng chemical detection kit
化學斗部 huà xué zhàn dòu bù chemical warhead
南征北 nán zhēng běi zhàn war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
cān zhàn to go to war; to engage in war
反恐爭 fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng war on terrorism
fǎn zhàn anti-war
抗議 fǎn zhàn kàng yì antiwar protest
反生物 fǎn shēng wù zhàn biological (warfare) defense
口水 kǒu shuǐ zhàn war of words
口角 kǒu jiǎo zhàn war of words
唇槍舌 chún qiāng shé zhàn war of words