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HSK
to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
combat / to fight
HSK 6
World War II
world war
World War Two
written polemics
real combat / actual combat
first battle; initial engagement (of a war or military campaign)
to go to war / to engage in war
World War I (1914-1918)
to fight fiercely / fierce battle
to do battle (with sb)
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) / also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
blitzkrieg / blitz
civil war
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  *战* | 战* | *战
to fight / fight / war / battle
struggle
World War II
armistice
gun battle / firefight
war / to wage war
shiver
decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ...
(military) to go off to war / (sports) to compete
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
to cease fire; to stop fighting / armistice; truce
(Tw) Star Wars
Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang
(gaming) team battle
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
(military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort
united front (abbr. for 統一戰線|统一战线)
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 declare war
psychological warfare / (literary) to be inwardly terrorized
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear / scared witless
to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard
incessant fighting between warlords
(military) street fighting; urban combat
prolonged war / war of attrition
to be weary of war / (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc)
to meet a challenge
fight
to fight with all one's might
trade war
tactic of several persons or groups taking turns to fight one opponent; tag-team attack
anti-war
artillery bombardment; artillery battle
skirmish
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
World War Two
to fight / to wage war
Star Wars
just before the contest / on the eve of war
price war
abbr. for 朝鮮戰爭|朝鲜战争, Korean War (1950-1953)
air war / air warfare
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
psychological warfare / psychological operations / psyop
bloody battle
to request to be sent into battle; (by extension) to volunteer for a dangerous or arduous task
Korean War (1950-1953)
to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
(movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s)
to meet the enemy head-on
battlefield operation / paintball
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned
Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳|吴 scored a crushing victory over Chu
open hostilities without declaring war / start an undeclared war
war of words
Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists
(US-Soviet) Cold War
(coll.) shiver / shudder
hot war
to shiver / to shudder
war of attrition
guerrilla warfare
to zealously continue fighting
to-and-fro tussle / closely-fought contest
sea warfare; naval battle
World War One
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
mobile warfare
bitter fighting / a violent battle
lightning war / Blitzkrieg
fight to the death / desperate struggle
chemical warfare
campaign; expedition
to challenge to battle
end of the war
war of words
warlike
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

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