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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
light weapon
to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around / to bluff / to bluster
Seven Samurai (movie)
arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces)
HSK 7-9
Dawukou district of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市, Ningxia
brave
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)
Xuanwumen, Beijing
nuclear weapon
conventional weapon
basalt / also written 玄熔岩
civil and military officials
advanced weapon
Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
fully armed / armed to the teeth / fig. fully equipped
weapon system
biological weapon
Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
armed force
to use force / to come to blows
atomic weapon
talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
armed fighter; gunman
armed conflict
nuclear arsenal
chemical weapon
political and military achievements (idiom)
(idiom) (of a nation) to denounce and threaten with military force; to try to coerce
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
Wuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province 湖北省
Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德
Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
not to submit to force
martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest
Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814-846), reign name of sixteenth Tang emperor Li Chan 李瀍, reigned 840-846
a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents
weapon of mass destruction
armed forces
a show of strength
civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
warrior / samurai
fusion weapon / thermonuclear weapon
soldierly / martial (appearance)
armed fighters / armed police / militia
acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
Wuling, a district of Changde City 常德市, Hunan
heavy weapon
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martial / military
martial arts (social) circles
armed police
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗
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
military strategy
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
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
Changwu County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
defensive weapon
King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 西周 1046-771 BC
(fig.) to fight a one-sided battle / to have an unfair advantage in a contest
the Cambrian explosion
Cambrian geological period (541-485.4 million years ago)
Zhangwu county in Fuxin 阜新, Liaoning
female military role in a Chinese opera
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华, Zhejiang
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华, Zhejiang
Wudu, a district of Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市, Gansu
to practice martial arts
military skills / valor / valorous
martial arts circles
action movie / kungfu movie
Wujin, a district of Changzhou City 常州市, Jiangsu
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
Dawu or Tawu township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
fusion-type weapon
to walk in someone's steps / to follow in someone's footsteps (literary) / a step (literary)
Wudang Mountain range in northwest Hubei
strategic nuclear weapon
Wu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
Wu'an, a county-level city in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市, Hebei
Wulingyuan scenic area, in Zhangjiajie city 張家界市|张家界市, Hunan
weapons-grade
Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422
Wujiang, a district of Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong

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