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to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
fighter / soldier / warrior / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
to prevail over / to defeat / to surmount
HSK 4
war; conflict / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
strategy
HSK 6
battlefield / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
combat / to fight
HSK 6
tactics
HSK 6
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
spoils of war
the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
war / to wage war
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  *战* | 战* | *战
to fight / fight / war / battle
to do battle (with sb)
military campaign
World War II
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ...
battleship / warship
fighter
united front (abbr. for 統一戰線|统一战线)
sea warfare; naval battle
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
military strategy
(US-Soviet) Cold War
(coll.) shiver / shudder
military achievements; (fig.) record of performance in a competitive field (esp. win-loss record in sports)
the flames of war
wartime
battle-ax
(idiom) all-conquering; invincible
a war flag / an army banner
(military) to go off to war / (sports) to compete
campaign; expedition
to declare war
to fight fiercely / fierce battle
battlefield operation / paintball
war preparation
military strength / military power / military capability
Holy war / jihad
battlefield situation / battle progress
battle line / battlefront / front
(old) combat robe / soldier's uniform / (sports) team jersey / team shirt
chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee / to join in such fighting
marines; marine corps
to debate / to contend / polemics
war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations
opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret
battlefield
trade war
to emerge victorious in every battle / to be ever-victorious
to fight in one place after another
bloody battle
to cease fire; to stop fighting / armistice; truce
to fight / to wage war
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
bitter fighting / a violent battle
to watch from the sidelines
to tremble / shudder
outstanding military service
war chariot / tank
civil war
gun battle / firefight
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
to fight with all one's might
hard fighting / fierce battle
to meet the enemy head-on
to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard
fight to the death / desperate struggle
warhorse
prisoner of war
to tremble with fear (idiom) / scared witless
fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
shiver
(idiom) to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve sth in the shortest time possible
to start a war / to make war / to battle against
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear / scared witless
armistice
war criminal
PLA commanders and fighters
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
written war challenge
to support (in battle)
(military) street fighting; urban combat
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned
trembling with fear / with fear and trepidation
chaos of war
(military) to fight on land; ground warfare
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to go to war / to engage in war
to win the first battle
bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
tactic of several persons or groups taking turns to fight one opponent; tag-team attack
war / hostilities / fighting
to fight lustily

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