兵连祸结 兵連禍結 bīng lián huò jié ravaged by successive wars / war-torn / war-ridden 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 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén to burn with impatience / torn with anxiety syn 粉身碎骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life syn 心如刀割 xīn rú dāo gē to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief syn 永定门 永定門 yǒng dìng mén Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005 𬣙 訏 xū to boast / great / large / multicolored silk / piece of silk torn in two, used to verify the holder's identity by matching up the two halves 点断式 點斷式 diǎn duàn shì designed to be torn off along a line of perforations 不是鱼死就是网破 不是魚死就是網破 bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me 并拢 併攏 bìng lǒng to draw together / to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of paper etc) syn 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 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 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 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 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 和平共处 和平共處 hé píng gòng chǔ peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc 会党 會黨 huì dǎng anti-Qing secret societies 红十字会与红新月会国际联合会 紅十字會與紅新月會國際聯合會 hóng shí zì huì yǔ hóng xīn yuè huì guó jì lián hé huì International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 欧洲化学学会联合会 Federation of European Chemical Societies 美国工程学会协会 American Association of Engineering Societies 现代社会灾害影响技术委员会 Technical Committee on Effects of Disasters in Modern Societies 非洲医学协会和学会联合会 Confederation of African Medical Associations and Societies 巴尔干妇女合作协会联合会 Association of Interbalkan Women's Cooperation Societies 泛非红十字会和红心月会会议 Pan-African Conference of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 欧洲各国维修协会联合会 歐洲各國維修協會聯合會 European Federation of National Maintenance Societies 国际船级社联合会 國際船級社聯合會 International Association of Classification Societies 为各国社会共享和平生活做好准备的宣言 為各國社會共享和平生活做好準備的宣言 Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace 泛美工程学会联合会 泛美工程學會聯合會 Pan-American Federation of Engineering Societies 世界病理和实验医学学会协会 世界病理和實驗醫學學會協會 World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 比较教育学会世界理事会 比較教育學會世界理事會 World Council of Comparative Education Societies 亚洲各国科学院联合会 亞洲各國科學院聯合會 Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies 世界病理学会协会 世界病理學會協會 World Association of Societies of Pathology 欧洲财务分析人员学会联合会 歐洲財務分析人員學會聯合會 European Federation of Financial Analysts' Societies 房屋互助协会和储蓄协会国际联合会 房屋互助協會和儲蓄協會國際聯合會 International Union of Building Societies and Savings Associations 国际多发性硬化病学会联合会 國際多發性硬化病學會聯合會 International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies 世界死亡权利协会联合会 世界死亡權利協會聯合會 World Federation of Right To Die Societies 世界神经外科学会联合会 世界神經外科學會聯合會 World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 世界麻醉师学会联合会 世界麻醉師學會聯合會 World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists 穆斯林社会性和身体权利联盟 穆斯林社會性和身體權利聯盟 Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies 国际援助智力迟钝者协会联盟 國際援助智力遲鈍者協會聯盟 International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap 红十字会与红新月会协会 紅十字會與紅新月會協會 League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 国际监测学会联盟 國際監測學會聯盟 International League of Surveillance Societies 红十字会协会 紅十字會協會 League of Red Cross Societies 国际运筹学会联合会 國際運籌學會聯合會 International Federation of Operational Research Societies 联合圣经会 聯合聖經會 United Bible Societies 加拿大伊丽莎白·弗赖伊协会联合会 加拿大伊麗莎白·弗賴伊協會聯合會 Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies 援助受战争影响的青年项目 援助受戰爭影響的青年項目 War-Affected Youth Support project 关于战争法规和习惯的国际宣言项目 關於戰爭法規和習慣的國際宣言項目 Project of an International Declaration concerning the Laws and Customs of War 工程 gōng chéng engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] syn 阿波罗计划 阿波羅計劃 ā bō luó jì huà the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project 石化-3采购项目 石化-3采購項目 petrochemical-3 procurement project / PC-3 procurement project 共助社区项目 gòng zhù shè qū xiàng mù Assisting Communities Together Project / ACT Project 青年移风易俗项目 qīng nián yí fēng yì sú xiàng mù YouthXchange project / YXC project 北极海洋沉积层厚度项目 běi jí hǎi yáng chén jī céng hòu duó xiàng mù Marine Arctic Sediment Thickness project / MAST project 废除切割女性生殖器官习俗村示范项目 廢除切割女性生殖器官習俗村示範項目 Female Genital Mutilation Free Village Model Project / FGM Free Village Model Project 中美洲堡礁系统项目 Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Systems Project / MBRS Project 非洲沿海生态系统研究和训练区域项目 Regional Project for Research and Training on Coastal Ecosystems in Africa / Marine Co-operation Project in Africa 非洲海事合作项目 fēi zhōu hǎi shì hé zuò xiàng mù Regional Project for Research and Training on Coastal Ecosystems in Africa / Marine Co-operation Project in Africa 本国征聘项目专业人员 běn guó zhēng pìn xiàng mù zhuān yè rén yuán nationally recruited project professional personnel / National Professional Project Personnel 本国专业项目人员 běn guó zhuān yè xiàng mù rén yuán nationally recruited project professional personnel / National Professional Project Personnel 广播电台项目管理人 廣播電台項目管理人 guǎng bō diàn tái xiàng mù guǎn lǐ rén radio station project manager / radio project manager 企业资源规划项目小组 企業資源規劃項目小組 enterprise resource planning project team / ERP project team 太阳能和风能资源评估 太陽能和風能資源評估 Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment project / SWERA project 和研所武器转让项目 和研所武器轉讓項目 SIPRI Arms Transfers Project / Arms Transfer Project 标准项目报告 標準項目報告 biāo zhǔn xiàng mù bào gào standard project report, standardized project report 援助项目 援助項目 aid project / assistance project 教育促进国际合作与和平联系学校项目 教育促進國際合作與和平聯系學校項目 Associated Schools Project in Education for International Cooperation and Peace / Associated Schools Project 多国项目 多國項目 multi-country project / intercountry project 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 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war 战火 戰火 zhàn huǒ the flames of war syn 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn 价格战 價格戰 jià gé zhàn price war 交战 交戰 jiāo zhàn to fight / to wage war syn 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 