柏舉之戰 bǎi jǔ zhī zhàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. Baiju war of 506 BC, in which Wu 吴 scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚

CHARACTERS

柏 bǎi cypress, cedar
舉 jǔ raise, lift up; recommend
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle