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to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
combat / to fight
HSK 6
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
to fight fiercely / fierce battle
trench warfare
hand-to-hand fighting
psychological warfare / (literary) to be inwardly terrorized
war / to wage war
air war / air warfare
biological warfare; germ warfare
(US-Soviet) Cold War
(coll.) shiver / shudder
decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ...
bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort
real combat / actual combat
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
battlefield operation / paintball
to fight / to wage war
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
(Tw) Star Wars
campaign; expedition
election campaign
bloody battle
blitzkrieg / blitz
united front (abbr. for 統一戰線|统一战线)
to start a war / to make war / to battle against
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
civil war
(military) to go off to war / (sports) to compete
to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard
sea warfare; naval battle
fight
world war
chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee / to join in such fighting
Star Wars
Holy war / jihad
to watch from the sidelines
to fight in one place after another
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
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned
to zealously continue fighting
prolonged war / war of attrition
armistice
hard fighting / fierce battle
to cease fire; to stop fighting / armistice; truce
World War One
bitter fighting / a violent battle
warlike
anti-war
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
written polemics
tactic of several persons or groups taking turns to fight one opponent; tag-team attack
Korean War (1950-1953)
war of attrition
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to fight lustily
to support (in battle)
Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
mobile warfare
guerrilla warfare
skirmish
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
to fight with all one's might
fight to the death / desperate struggle
artillery bombardment; artillery battle
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
germ warfare / biological warfare
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
unrestricted warfare (originally the title of a Chinese book published in 1999, later used to refer to war by any means, military or non-military, including cyberwarfare, economic warfare etc)
to fight / to struggle / to wage war
(military) encounter / skirmish
to challenge to battle
hand-to-hand combat
to tremble with fear
to engage in battle
shiver
chemical warfare
Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤 crushed four Ming armies
lightning war / Blitzkrieg
to win without a fight (idiom)
finger-guessing game
to shiver / to shudder
verbal sparring / duel of words
(literary) to shake with fear
to lose a war / fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang
(military) to fight on land; ground warfare
(gaming) team battle
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil
to meet a challenge
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)

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