"War" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhàn zhēng war / conflict / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
 dà zhàn war / to wage war
 zhàn shì war / hostilities / fighting
 zhàn to fight / fight / war / battle
 bīng gē weapons / arms / fighting / war
 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
 Sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret
 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
 Er4 zhàn World War II
 shì jiè dà zhàn world war
 Yán ān Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war
 zhàn huǒ the flames of war
 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war
 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against
 jiāo zhàn to fight / to wage war
 zhàn chē war chariot / tank
 bīng fǎ art of war / military strategy and tactics
 zhàn hòu after the war / postwar
 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
 zǒng dòng yuán general mobilization (for war etc)
 Jìng guó Shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals
 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
 nèi zhàn civil war
 zhàn luàn chaos of war
 shèng zhàn Holy war / jihad
 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)
 cān zhàn to go to war / to engage in war
 Dì èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War II
 zhàn bài to lose a war
 zhàn jú war situation
 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations
 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare
 xuān zhàn to declare war
 Yuè zhàn Vietnam War (1955-1975)
 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
 zhàn fú prisoner of war
 zhàn fàn war criminal
 zhàn lì pǐn spoils of war
 jūn shì yǎn xí military exercise / war game
 Xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
 Cháo xiǎn Zhàn zhēng Korean War (1950-1953)
 Bīng bù Ministry of War (in imperial China)
 shāng zhàn trade war
 zhàn bèi war preparation
 Jiě fàng Zhàn zhēng War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 / under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 / took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 / under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
 Hǎi wān Zhàn zhēng (Persian) Gulf War
 bó fā to sprout up / to flourish / (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth
 Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War One
 Lu:3 shùn Lüshun / Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning / called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905
 chí jiǔ zhàn prolonged war / war of attrition
 dǎo gē to change sides in a war / turncoat
 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
 gān gē weapons of war / arms
 Tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
 yīng pài hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers
 Lín Zé xú Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
 Er4 cì Dà zhàn World War Two
 jiǎ jí zhàn fàn a grade A war criminal
 hàn mǎ gōng láo war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution
  all-out war
 Jiǎ wǔ Zhàn zhēng First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
 zhàn shū written war challenge
 bīng shū a book on the art of war
 kǒu shuǐ zhàn war of words
 Bái Qiú ēn Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
 fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng war on terrorism
 Dài Gāo lè Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969
 zhàn qí a war flag / an army banner
 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit
 dà dòng gān gē to go to war (idiom) / to make a big fuss over sth
 lín zhàn just before the contest / on the eve of war
 bīng huāng mǎ luàn soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war
 Bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
 Yuè nán Zhàn zhēng Vietnam War (1955-1975)
 rén mín zhàn zhēng people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
 Zhōu Zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war
 yì mín good citizens / the right side in a civil war
 nán zhēng běi zhàn war on all sides (idiom) / fighting from all four quarters
 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war
 A1 ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars
 mào yì zhàn trade war
 Zhāng Zì zhōng Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
 Xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One
 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
 Huái hǎi Zhàn yì 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
 Qī Qī Shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)
 Zhóu xīn guó Axis powers (World War II)
 yù bàng xiāng zhēng lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom) / fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
 jiāo bīng in a state of war
 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement)
 Xiāo Qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
 Wèi Wēi Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 / about the Korean war
 shī chū wú míng lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) / to act without justification
 Chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II
 Bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
 shǎn jī zhàn lightning war / Blitzkrieg
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