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military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
weapon / arms / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
military force
HSK 7-9
chemical weapon
armed extremists
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Wuming, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces)
HSK 7-9
the Cambrian explosion
Seven Samurai (movie)
Dawukou district of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市, Ningxia
Wuhan University
fully armed / armed to the teeth / fig. fully equipped
strategic nuclear weapon
brave
Wuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province 湖北省
nuclear weapon
HSK 7-9
martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant
mini-nuke
courageous and strong (idiom) / Herculean (physique etc)
nuclear weapon
Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
civil and military officials
a martial arts (wuxia) novel
Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
biological weapon
advanced weapon
general / military leader / fierce man
armed forces
atomic weapon
People's Armed Police
Xiuwu, a county in Jiaozuo City 焦作市, Henan
Xuanwumen, Beijing
talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
armed force
Wuchang, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
armed fighter; gunman
bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist
Cambrian geological period (541-485.4 million years ago)
political and military achievements (idiom)
arbitrary / subjective / dogmatic
Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands
Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德
not to submit to force
martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest
weapon system
the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽)
Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814-846), reign name of sixteenth Tang emperor Li Chan 李瀍, reigned 840-846
Wuxiang county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
Pingwu county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
highly skilled in martial arts
martial arts school
arsenal / store of arms
civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
Dawu or Tawu township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Ningwu county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
warrior / samurai
Wushan, a county in Tianshui City 天水市, Gansu
soldierly / martial (appearance)
defensive weapon
a show of strength
acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
heavy weapon
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surname Wu
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martial / military
embargo on arms sale
pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
martial arts (social) circles
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华, Zhejiang
armed police
Ningwu county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
conventional weapon
military strategy
armed conflict
fusion weapon / thermonuclear weapon
King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
Wuyishan, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市, Fujian
weapon of mass destruction
Zhangwu county in Fuxin 阜新, Liaoning
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
female military role in a Chinese opera
the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤, of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王
to practice martial arts
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom) / militaristic / bellicose
to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around / to bluff / to bluster
military skills / valor / valorous
action movie / kungfu movie
Wudang Mountain range in northwest Hubei
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky

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