淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì

DEFINITIONS

  1. Huaihai 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, considered the determining battle of the war

CHARACTERS

淮 huái river in Anhui province
海 hǎi sea, ocean; maritime
戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle
役 yì service; a servant, laborer; to serve