"Fighting" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhàn shì war / hostilities / fighting
 bó shā fighting / killing
 bīng gē weapons / arms / fighting / war
 hòng strife / disorder / rioting / fighting / Taiwan pr. [hong2]
 zhàn dòu lì fighting strength
 dòu zhì will to fight / fighting spirit
 hùn zhàn chaotic warfare / confused fighting / melee / to join in such fighting
 Bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
 kāi dǎ (of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess / military glory
 wǔ dǎ acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
 è zhàn hard fighting / fierce battle
 quán fǎ boxing / fighting technique
 tú shǒu with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing)
 áo zhàn bitter fighting / a violent battle
 è dòu hard fighting / fierce battle
 Diāo Chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
 zhàn tuán fighting group / by extension, a fight / a fray
 Méng Tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 / and building the great wall
 bǎi zhé bù náo to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable
 dòu jī cock fighting
 zhuàng dīng able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)
 liè nu:3 a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death
 nán zhēng běi zhàn war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
 yì yǒng courageous in fighting for a just cause
 bái rèn zhàn hand-to-hand fighting
 Bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
 xiōng dì xì qiáng internecine strife (idiom) / fighting among oneself
 áo violent fighting
 dòu zhì áng yáng having high fighting spirit
 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
 nán zhēng běi fá war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
西 dōng zhēng xī yuàn war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
西 dōng zhēng xī tǎo war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
西 dōng tǎo xī zhēng war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
 àn bīng shù jiǎ to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom) / to relax from fighting
 àn jiǎ xiū bīng to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom) / to relax from fighting
 shū cái zhàng yì distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom) / fig. generous in helping the needy
 chù dòu mán zhēng constant bickering and fighting (idiom) / constantly at each other's throats / struggle for personal gain
 zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom) / constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle
 xù jiǔ zī shì drunken fighting / to get drunk and quarrel
 xiāo yǒng shàn zhàn to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)
 Zhèng rén zhēng nián Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel
 Wǎn nán Shì biàn New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists
 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng two tigers fighting (idiom) / fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
 nán zhēng běi tǎo war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
 ōu yá sound of dogs fighting, also written 吽呀[ou1 ya2]
 è zhàng hard fighting / fierce battle
 jūn fá hùn zhàn incessant fighting between warlords
 lián zhàn lián shèng fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom) / ever victorious
 dòu jiàn fighting ship
 guī chuán "turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin war of 1592-1598 壬辰倭亂|壬辰倭乱[ren2 chen2 wo1 luan4]
 bù bīng zhàn chē infantry fighting vehicle / infantry combat vehicle
 Cáo Cān Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
 liàn zhàn to zealously continue fighting
  fighting load equipment / fighting load
  Special Investigation Commission for Fighting Money Laundering
  children associated with fighting forces
  wheeled armoured fighting vehicles
  armoured infantry combat vehicle / armoured infantry fighting vehicle
  tracked armoured fighting vehicles
  Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya
  fighting in built-up areas
  war fighting capabilities
 lu:3 bài lu:3 zhàn to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
 lā kāi jià shi to assume a fighting stance / (fig.) to take the offensive
 jiào shī yé master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
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