"(fig.) war exploits" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
汗马汗馬	hàn mǎ	(lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬\|汗血马[han4 xue4 ma3])

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
汗马功劳汗馬功勞	hàn mǎ gōng láo	war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution	syn
狐假虎威	hú jiǎ hǔ wēi	lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom) / fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people	syn
兵不厌诈兵不厭詐	bīng bù yàn zhà	there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war
盛传盛傳	shèng chuán	widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated	syn
烈	liè	ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements	syn
武松	wǔ sōng	Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳\|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands
佛媛	fó yuán	Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes)
先礼后兵先禮後兵	xiān lǐ hòu bīng	lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war
大战大戰	dà zhàn	war / to wage war	syn
抗战抗戰	kàng zhàn	war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
备战備戰	bèi zhàn	prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering	syn
开战開戰	kāi zhàn	to start a war / to make war / to battle against	syn
靖国神社靖國神社	jìng guó shén shè	Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals
参战參戰	cān zhàn	to go to war / to engage in war
拔河	bá hé	tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
持久战持久戰	chí jiǔ zhàn	prolonged war / war of attrition
淮海战役淮海戰役	huái hǎi zhàn yì	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
烽火四起	fēng huǒ sì qǐ	the fire of war in all four directions (idiom) / the confusion of war
边币邊幣	biān bì	Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation
兵连祸结兵連禍結	bīng lián huò jié	ravaged by successive wars / war-torn / war-ridden	syn
不宣而战不宣而戰	bù xuān ér zhàn	open hostilities without declaring war / start an undeclared war
兵乱兵亂	bīng luàn	confusion of war / turmoil of war	syn
国共内战國共內戰	guó gòng nèi zhàn	Chinese Civil War, also known as War of Liberation 解放戰爭\|解放战争[Jie3 fang4 Zhan4 zheng1]
战火纷飞戰火紛飛	zhàn huǒ fēn fēi	fire of war everywhere (idiom) / enveloped in the flames of war
战争法	zhàn zhēng fǎ	laws of war / law of war
战俘临时拘留所戰俘臨時拘留所		prisoner-of-war cage / POW cage / prisoner-of-war collecting point
战俘收容站戰俘收容站		prisoner-of-war cage / POW cage / prisoner-of-war collecting point
被控犯战争罪的人被控犯戰爭罪的人		persons indicted for war crimes person indicted for war crimes
战场残留物戰場殘留物		remnants of war / battlefield debris / debris of war
战争残留弹药戰爭殘留彈藥		remnants of war / battlefield debris / debris of war
开花開花	kāi huā	to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish	syn
热腾腾熱騰騰	rè téng téng	steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]	syn
鬼扯脚鬼扯腳	guǐ chě jiǎo	lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢	wài yì	(of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
冷战冷戰	lěng zhàn	cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
大动干戈大動干戈	dà dòng gān gē	lit. to go to war (idiom) / fig. to make a big fuss over sth	syn
戎马戎馬	róng mǎ	warhorse / armed forces / troops / (fig.) war / warfare	syn
化干戈为玉帛化幹戈為玉帛	huà gān gē wéi yù bó	lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship	syn
兵贵神速兵貴神速	bīng guì shén sù	lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom) / fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)	syn
鹬蚌相争渔翁得利鷸蚌相爭漁翁得利	yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì	lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom) / fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
两虎相争，必有一伤兩虎相爭，必有一傷	liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng	lit. if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / fig. if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
败战敗戰	bài zhàn	to lose a war / fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
擦枪走火擦槍走火	cā qiāng zǒu huǒ	to shoot accidentally while polishing a gun / (fig.) a minor incident that sparks a war
厌战厭戰	yàn zhàn	to be weary of war / (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc)	syn
乐昌破镜樂昌破鏡	lè chāng - pò jìng	lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主\|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
铁血鐵血	tiě xuè	iron and blood / (fig.) weapons and war / bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
目光	mù guāng	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
味道	wèi dao	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
塑造	sù zào	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
架空	jià kōng	to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ	to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu	flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
中招	zhòng zhāo	(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù	small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
出笼出籠	chū lóng	(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
松柏	sōng bǎi	pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo	to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi	to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén	(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu	lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
矮化	ǎi huà	(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn	(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú	turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
雏儿雛兒	chú ér	newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
一团漆黑一團漆黑	yī tuán qī hēi	pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation	syn
擦边擦邊	cā biān	to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
切中要害	qiè zhòng yào hài	to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
反裘负刍反裘負芻	fǎn qiú fù chú	lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
夫唱妇随夫唱婦隨	fū chàng fù suí	fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony	syn
操斧伐柯	cāo fǔ fá kē	(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
旧瓶装新酒舊瓶裝新酒	jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ	lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
来踪去迹來蹤去跡	lái zōng qù jì	the traces of a person's movements / (fig.) sb's history / (fig.) the ins and out of a matter	syn
伐柯	fá kē	(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
刺儿刺兒	cì r	a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong
周瑜打黄盖周瑜打黃蓋	zhōu yú dǎ huáng gài	fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰\|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4]
脱裤子放屁脫褲子放屁	tuō kù zi fàng pì	lit. to take off trousers to fart / fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary / fig. to make things too complicated
西克莫无花果西克莫無花果	xī kè mò wú huā guǒ	sycamore fig / common cluster fig
树高千丈，叶落归根樹高千丈，葉落歸根	shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn	fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
万箭穿心萬箭穿心	wàn jiàn chuān xīn	lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste / to rip sb to shreds	syn
回过头来回過頭來	huí guò tóu lái	to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past
火候	huǒ hou	heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment	syn
卷铺盖捲鋪蓋	juǎn pū gai	to roll up one's bedding / to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired / to get the sack	syn
操刀	cāo dāo	to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task / to take the reins
放血	fàng xiě	(TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed / to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically
斩获斬獲	zhǎn huò	to kill or capture (in battle) / (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal) / to win (a medal) / (fig.) to reap rewards / to achieve gains
磋磨	cuō mó	to polish and rub / (fig.) to torment / to torture / (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill
总汇總匯	zǒng huì	(of streams) to come together / to converge / confluence / (fig.) compendium / (fig.) aggregation / (in the name of a shop) emporium / (Tw) club sandwich (abbr. for 總匯三明治\|总汇三明治[zong3hui4 san1ming2zhi4])	syn
踩雷	cǎi léi	to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler
战争戰爭	zhàn zhēng	war / conflict / CL:場\|场[chang2],次[ci4]	syn
大事	dà shì	major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁\|桩[zhuang1]	syn
全线全線	quán xiàn	the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
孙子孫子	sūn zǐ	Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武\|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (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[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書\|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]	syn
司马司馬	sī mǎ	Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
战机戰機	zhàn jī	opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret

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"(fig.) war exploits" Chinese-English Dictionary

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