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HSK
to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
fighter / soldier / warrior / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
to prevail over / to defeat / to surmount
HSK 4
war; conflict / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
combat / to fight
HSK 6
tactics
HSK 6
battlefield / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
strategy
HSK 6
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
military campaign
United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部
wartime
fighting strength
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
the pro-war faction / hawks
to fight fiercely / fierce battle
military achievements; (fig.) record of performance in a competitive field (esp. win-loss record in sports)
challenger
Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
trench warfare
hand-to-hand fighting
war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations
strategic point
fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle
Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
psychological warfare / (literary) to be inwardly terrorized
war of independence
election campaign
military strategy
late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
war / to wage war
air war / air warfare
united front
biological warfare; germ warfare
skirmish
(US-Soviet) Cold War
(coll.) shiver / shudder
late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret
decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ...
the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort
(literary) to shake with fear
battle line / battlefront / front
war / hostilities / fighting
real combat / actual combat
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
battlefield operation / paintball
to fight / to wage war
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
battleship / warship
after the war / postwar
spoils of war
battleship
campaign; expedition
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法); to win every fight
war chariot / tank
bloody battle
marines; marine corps
blitzkrieg / blitz
united front (abbr. for 統一戰線|统一战线)
to start a war / to make war / to battle against
battlefield
to go to war / to engage in war
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
to meet the enemy head-on
the flames of war
(literary) at the height of the battle
civil war
(military) to go off to war / (sports) to compete
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard
chaos of war
sea warfare; naval battle
to tremble / shudder
fighter (aircraft)
fight
(idiom) to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve sth in the shortest time possible
world war
war readiness; military preparedness
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)
chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee / to join in such fighting
Holy war / jihad
to watch from the sidelines
battlefield situation / battle progress
trembling with fear / with fear and trepidation
to fight in one place after another
the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear / scared witless
to debate / to contend / polemics
(military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort
struggle
outstanding military service
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it

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