"(military) battle" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
zhàn to fight / fight / war / battle syn
战斗 戰鬥 zhàn dòu to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] syn
军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military syn
斗争 鬥爭 dòu zhēng a struggle / fight / battle syn
打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn
开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against syn
战机 戰機 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret
战友 戰友 zhàn yǒu comrade-in-arms / battle companion
军用 軍用 jūn yòng (for) military use / military application
枪战 槍戰 qiāng zhàn gun battle / firefight
较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble syn
胜负 勝負 shèng fù victory or defeat / the outcome of a battle syn
战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn
军情 軍情 jūn qíng military situation / military intelligence
军校 軍校 jūn xiào military school / military academy
决战 決戰 jué zhàn decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ... syn
阵亡 陣亡 zhèn wáng to die in battle syn
上阵 上陣 shàng zhèn to go into battle syn
对阵 對陣 duì zhèn poised for battle / to square up for a fight syn
阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn
滑铁卢 滑鐵盧 huá tiě lú Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat
阵容 陣容 zhèn róng troop arrangement / battle formation / lineup (of a sports team etc)
激战 激戰 jī zhàn to fight fiercely / fierce battle syn
战况 戰況 zhàn kuàng battlefield situation / battle progress
出征 chū zhēng to go into battle / to campaign (military) syn
胜仗 勝仗 shèng zhàng victory / victorious battle
巡洋舰 巡洋艦 xún yáng jiàn cruiser (warship) / battle cruiser
硬仗 yìng zhàng tough battle / difficult task / big challenge syn
血战 血戰 xuè zhàn bloody battle syn
火线 火線 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire syn
军警 軍警 jūn jǐng the military and the police / military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy)
海战 海戰 hǎi zhàn sea warfare / naval battle
纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC syn
阵势 陣勢 zhèn shì battle array / disposition of forces / situation / circumstance syn
苦战 苦戰 kǔ zhàn bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort syn
恶战 惡戰 è zhàn hard fighting / fierce battle syn
破败 破敗 pò bài to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline syn
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle syn
临阵磨枪 臨陣磨槍 lín zhèn mó qiāng lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment syn
鏖战 鏖戰 áo zhàn bitter fighting / a violent battle syn
恶斗 惡鬥 è dòu hard fighting / fierce battle
百战百胜 百戰百勝 bǎi zhàn bǎi shèng to emerge victorious in every battle / to be ever-victorious syn
斗智 鬥智 dòu zhì battle of wits
龙争虎斗 龍爭虎鬥 lóng zhēng hǔ dòu lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom) / fierce battle between giants syn
摇旗呐喊 搖旗吶喊 yáo qí nà hǎn to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom) / to egg sb on / to give support to syn
鼓噪 gǔ zào (in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor / to make a din / to kick up a fuss about syn
败仗 敗仗 bài zhàng lost battle / defeat
运筹帷幄 運籌帷幄 yùn chóu wéi wò lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom) / fig. planning strategies syn
赤膊上阵 赤膊上陣 chì bó shàng zhèn lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open syn
军民 軍民 jūn mín army-civilian / military-masses / military-civilian
兵权 兵權 bīng quán military leadership / military power syn
兵家 bīng jiā military strategist in ancient China / military commander / soldier syn
武官 wǔ guān military official / military attaché syn
难解难分 難解難分 nán jiě nán fēn hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) / inextricably involved / locked in battle syn
对战 對戰 duì zhàn to do battle (with sb)
战力 戰力 zhàn lì military strength / military power / military capability
开打 開打 kāi dǎ (of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
周瑜 zhōu yú Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
近战 近戰 close quarter battle
军事力量 軍事力量 jūn shì lì liang military strength / military force(s)
临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line
主战坦克 zhǔ zhàn tǎn kè main battle tank / battle tank
赤壁之战 赤壁之戰 chì bì zhī zhàn Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] 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[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
军事实力 軍事實力 jūn shì shí lì military strength / military power
战斗群 戰鬥群 zhàn dòu qún battle group / naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier
军棋 軍棋 jūn qí land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego
韬略 韜略 tāo lüè military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4] syn
八卦阵 八卦陣 bā guà zhèn eight-trigram battle array / (fig.) mystifying tactics
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
披靡 pī mǐ to be swept by the wind / to be blown about by the wind / to be routed (in battle etc)
battle cry syn
xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn
zhàng weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle syn
liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter
forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle syn
halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
(bound form) relatives / kin / (bound form) grief / sorrow / (old) battle-axe syn
军令如山 軍令如山 jūn lìng rú shān military orders are like mountains (idiom) / a military order must be obeyed syn
军事体育 軍事體育 jūn shì tǐ yù military sports / military fitness (curriculum etc) / abbr. to 軍體|军体
yuè battle-ax
马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) syn
lián to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even / company (military) syn
yuán (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals syn
攻击 攻擊 gōng jī to attack / to accuse / to charge / an attack (terrorist or military) syn
将军 將軍 jiāng jūn general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot syn
上尉 shàng wèi captain (military rank)
基地 jī dì base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) syn
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes syn
bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
jūn (bound form) army / military syn
伪装 偽裝 wěi zhuāng to pretend to be (asleep etc) / to disguise oneself as / pretense / disguise / (military) to camouflage / camouflage syn
武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces) syn
军人 軍人 jūn rén serviceman / soldier / military personnel syn
平民 píng mín ordinary people / commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military) syn
军官 軍官 jūn guān officer (military) syn
侵入 qīn rù to make (military) incursions / to invade / to intrude into / to trespass / to gain unauthorized access (computing) syn
级别 級別 jí bié (military) rank / level / grade
跑步 pǎo bù to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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