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HSK
to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
World War II
decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ...
verbal sparring / duel of words
world war
combat / to fight
HSK 6
World War Two
war / to wage war
civil war
(Tw) Star Wars
World War II
gun battle / firefight
Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)
World War I (1914-1918)
World War Two
prolonged war / war of attrition
war of attrition
to fight / to wage war
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)
to meet a challenge
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
to be weary of war / (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc)
campaign; expedition
Star Wars
to fight fiercely / fierce battle
Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌 in north Henan)
warlike
trade war
(gaming) team battle
shiver
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
war of words
to declare war
to fight with all one's might
nuclear warfare
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
(Internet slang) to bait others into an argument
(military) encounter / skirmish
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
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  *戰* | 戰* | *戰
to fight / fight / war / battle
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
to zealously continue fighting
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) / also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
(movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s)
(literary) to shake with fear
Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists
real combat / actual combat
bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned
(US-Soviet) Cold War
(coll.) shiver / shudder
to cease fire; to stop fighting / armistice; truce
trench warfare
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
trade war
biological warfare; germ warfare
price war
sea warfare; naval battle
bitter fighting / a violent battle
biological (warfare) defense
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
anti-war
to fight in one place after another
to support (in battle)
war of words
germ warfare / biological warfare
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear / scared witless
artillery bombardment; artillery battle
to tremble with fear
incessant fighting between warlords
to fight lustily
Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤 crushed four Ming armies
World War One
to debate / to contend / polemics
to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom)
bloody battle
to-and-fro tussle / closely-fought contest
(military) to go off to war / (sports) to compete
struggle
air war / air warfare
written polemics
(military) to fight on land; ground warfare
psychological warfare / psychological operations / psyop
Holy war / jihad
cognitive warfare
Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
psychological warfare / (literary) to be inwardly terrorized
hard fighting / fierce battle
fight to the death / desperate struggle
end of the war
to meet the enemy head-on
to start a war / to make war / to battle against
(military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort
to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
fight
to go to war / to engage in war

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