zhàn

war, fighting, battle

DEFINITIONS

戰 zhàn
  • to fight
  • fight
  • war
  • battle

WORDS

shāng zhàn trade war
國內爭 guó nèi zhàn zhēng civil war; internal struggle
國共內 guó gòng nèi zhàn Chinese Civil War, also known as War of Liberation 解放戰爭|解放战争[Jie3 fang4 Zhan4 zheng1]
國際爭罪法庭 guó jì zhàn zhēng zuì fǎ tíng International war crimes tribunal
地緣略 dì yuán zhàn lüè geostrategic
dà zhàn war; to wage war
太平洋爭 tài píng yáng zhàn zhēng Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
fèn zhàn to fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard
hào zhàn warlike
孟良崮役 mèng liáng gù zhàn yì Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
孤軍奮 gū jūn fèn zhàn lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
官渡之 guān dù zhī zhàn battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[Xu3 chang1] in north Henan)
宙斯盾鬥系統 zhòu sī dùn zhàn dòu xì tǒng Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
xuān zhàn to declare war
hán zhàn shiver
shí zhàn real combat; actual combat
duì zhàn to do battle (with sb)
屢敗 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
屢敗屢 lǚ bài lǚ zhàn to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
巴西舞 bā xī zhàn wǔ capoeira
布匿爭 bù nì zhàn zhēng the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage
布防迎 bù fáng yíng zhàn to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
平津役 píng jīn zhàn yì 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
zhēng zhàn campaign; expedition
德國車 dé guó zhàn chē Rammstein (German metal band)