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"Battle" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
埃劳战役 埃勞戰役 āi láo zhàn yì Battle
冲绳岛战役 沖繩島戰役 chōng shéng dǎo zhàn yì Battle
德法战争 德法戰爭 dé fǎ zhàn zhēng Battle
滇西缅北战役 滇西緬北戰役 diān xī miǎn běi zhàn yì Battle
菲律宾海战 菲律賓海戰 fēi lǜ bīn hǎi zhàn Battle
奉天会战 奉天會戰 fèng tiān huì zhàn Battle
剑栏之战 劍欄之戰 jiàn lán zhī zhàn Battle
卡西诺战役 卡西諾戰役 kǎ xī nuò zhàn yì Battle
莱比锡战役 萊比錫戰役 lái bǐ xī zhàn yì Battle
莱特岛战役 萊特島戰役 lái tè dǎo zhàn yì Battle
罗诺克岛之役 羅諾克島之役 luó nuò kè dǎo zhī yì Battle
马里查战役 馬裡查戰役 mǎ lǐ chá zhàn yì Battle
帕兰诺平原战役 帕蘭諾平原戰役 pà lán nuò píng yuán zhàn yì Battle
亚伯拉罕平原战役 亞伯拉罕平原戰役 yà bó lā hǎn píng yuán zhàn yì Battle
战斗 戰鬥 zhàn dòu to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] syn
斗争 鬥爭 dòu zhēng a struggle / fight / battle syn
较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble syn
战 戰 zhàn to fight / fight / war / battle syn
会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort syn
役 yì forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle syn
仗 zhàng weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle syn
仗火 zhàng huǒ battle
Chinese Pinyin Translation
阵容 陣容 zhèn róng troop arrangement / battle formation / lineup (of a sports team etc)
胜负 勝負 shèng fù victory or defeat / the outcome of a battle syn
打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn
决战 決戰 jué zhàn decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ... 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
对阵 對陣 duì zhèn poised for battle / to square up for a fight syn
对战 對戰 duì zhàn to do battle (with sb)
上阵 上陣 shàng zhèn to go into battle syn
激战 激戰 jī zhàn to fight fiercely / fierce battle syn
开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against syn
出征 chū zhēng to go into battle / to campaign (military) syn
战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn
血战 血戰 xuè zhàn bloody battle syn
阵亡 陣亡 zhèn wáng to die in battle syn
阵势 陣勢 zhèn shì battle array / disposition of forces / situation / circumstance syn
火线 火線 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire syn
战况 戰況 zhàn kuàng battlefield situation / battle progress
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]
苦战 苦戰 kǔ zhàn bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort syn
枪战 槍戰 qiāng zhàn gun battle / firefight
海战 海戰 hǎi zhàn sea warfare / naval battle
巡洋舰 巡洋艦 xún yáng jiàn cruiser (warship) / battle cruiser
近战 近戰 close quarter battle
斗智 鬥智 dòu zhì battle of wits
恶战 惡戰 è zhàn hard fighting / fierce battle syn
阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn
破败 破敗 pò bài to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline syn
临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line
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
鏖战 鏖戰 áo zhàn bitter fighting / a violent battle syn
恶斗 惡鬥 è dòu hard fighting / fierce 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
滑铁卢 滑鐵盧 huá tiě lú Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat
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
硬仗 yìng zhàng tough battle / difficult task / big challenge syn
百战百胜 百戰百勝 bǎi zhàn bǎi shèng to emerge victorious in every battle / to be ever-victorious syn
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
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]
胜仗 勝仗 shèng zhàng victory / victorious battle
败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle 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
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
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
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)
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
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
刘 劉 liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter
陷 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
戚 qī (bound form) relatives / kin / (bound form) grief / sorrow / (old) battle-axe syn
呐 吶 nà battle cry syn
戟 jǐ halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
钺 鉞 yuè battle-ax
摩拳擦掌 mó quán cā zhǎng fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) / to roll up one's sleeves for battle / eager to get into action or start on a task syn
地动山摇 地動山搖 dì dòng shān yáo the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom) / a tremendous battle
置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1zi3 Bing1fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle / to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger / to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
不避斧钺 不避斧鉞 bù bì fǔ yuè not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed
两虎相斗 兩虎相鬥 liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu lit. two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants
斧钺之诛 斧鉞之誅 fǔ yuè zhī zhū to die by battle-ax (idiom) / to be executed
斧钺汤镬 斧鉞湯鑊 fǔ yuè tāng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution
枕戈寝甲 枕戈寢甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
枕戈待旦 zhěn gē dài dàn lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle syn
灭此朝食 滅此朝食 miè cǐ zhāo shí lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed / anxious to do battle (idiom)
白旄黄钺 白旄黃鉞 bái máo huáng yuè white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom) / refers to military expedition
秤砣虽小压千斤 秤砣雖小壓千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
屡战屡败 屢戰屢敗 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
磨刀霍霍 mó dāo huò huò lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack / to be getting ready for battle syn
战斗紧张病例 戰鬥緊張病例 battle stress case / battle stress casualty / battle shock case / battle shock casualty
战斗紧张反应 戰鬥緊張反應 battle stress reaction / battle fatigue / battle shock reaction
战斗疲劳症 戰鬥疲勞癥 battle stress reaction / battle fatigue / battle shock reaction
斯大林格勒战役 斯大林格勒戰役 sī dà lín gé lè zhàn yì Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
战斗地域前沿 戰鬥地域前沿 forward edge of the battle area / front edge of the battle area
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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