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to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
war; conflict / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
strategy
HSK 6
to prevail over / to defeat / to surmount
HSK 4
tactics
HSK 6
to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
World War II
fighter / soldier / warrior / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
battlefield / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
strategic nuclear force
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
war crime
Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ...
verbal sparring / duel of words
world war
combat / to fight
HSK 6
the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
World War Two
Korean War (1950-1953)
war / to wage war
civil war
(Tw) Star Wars
World War II
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
gun battle / firefight
Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction)
Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)
World War I (1914-1918)
World War Two
prolonged war / war of attrition
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
war of attrition
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
to fight / to wage war
the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage
to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
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
to meet a challenge
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
to be weary of war / (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc)
neither war nor peace
war situation
to tremble with fear (idiom) / scared witless
fighter (aircraft)
campaign; expedition
war / hostilities / fighting
strategic partner
strategic
American War of Independence (1775-1783)
Star Wars
war of aggression
Battle of Midway, June 1942
delaying tactics / deliberate procrastination
fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom); ever victorious
chaos of war
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
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
military campaign
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods / Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
trade war
nuclear warhead
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
(gaming) team battle
Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐, , , 韓|韩, 趙|赵, and
shiver
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
war of words
military strength / military power / military capability
battlefield situation / battle progress
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
to declare war
to fight with all one's might
PLA commanders and fighters
nuclear warfare
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
skillful execution and strategic planning; technical and tactical skills (abbr. for 技術|技术 + 戰術|战术)
chemical warfare agent
war on terrorism
(Internet slang) to bait others into an argument
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu
(military) encounter / skirmish
geostrategic
Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)
Armistice Day
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戰* | 戰* | *戰
to fight / fight / war / battle
spoils of war
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

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