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 双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn 六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer) 一分为二 一分為二 yī fēn wéi èr one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom) syn 双向时间 雙向時間 two-way traveltime / two-way transit time / two-way time 一山不容二虎 yī shān bù róng èr hǔ lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom) / fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us / (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive 唯二 wéi èr (slang) (adjective) (of one thing) one of the only two / (of two things) the only two 飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 二人世界 èr rén shì jiè world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple) / romantic couple's world 人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn 减少自然灾害世界会议 減少自然災害世界會議 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction - A Safer World for the 21st Century / World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction 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 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 司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima 八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn 对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war syn 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 两国相争，不斩来使 兩國相爭，不斬來使 liáng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) 两国相争，不斩来使 兩國相爭，不斬來使 liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) 二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two) 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn 空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn 小桥 小橋 xiǎo qiáo Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China 夹击 夾擊 jiā jī pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn 一举两得 一舉兩得 yī jǔ liǎng dé one move, two gains (idiom) / two birds with one stone syn 两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters syn 夹攻 夾攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn 轮距 輪距 lún jù tread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle) 两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn 拉锯 拉鋸 lā jù a two-man saw / fig. to-and-fro between two sides 脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 四体 四體 sì tǐ one's four limbs / two arms and two legs 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 一个巴掌拍不响 一個巴掌拍不響 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss 对顶角 對頂角 duì dǐng jiǎo angle to the vertical / angle (between two lines or two planes) 一是一，二是二 yī shì yī , èr shì èr lit. one is one, two is two (idiom) / fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut / unequivocal 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 两重天 兩重天 liǎng chóng tiān two entirely different worlds / two contrasting realities 情头 情頭 qíng tóu "lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4]) 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war 第二次世界大战 第二次世界大戰 dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn World War II 第一次世界大战 第一次世界大戰 dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn World War One 戴高乐 戴高樂 dài gāo lè Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969 霞飞 霞飛 xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One 轴心国 軸心國 zhóu xīn guó Axis powers (World War II) 萧乾 蕭乾 xiāo qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator 陈纳德 陳納德 chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II 第二世界 dì èr shì jiè Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc) 蒙哥马利 蒙哥馬利 méng gē mǎ lì Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal / Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname) 史迪威 shǐ dí wēi Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II 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 法兰西斯·斐迪南 法蘭西斯·斐迪南 FalanxisiFeidinan Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I 福煦 fú xù Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One 艾森豪威尔 艾森豪威爾 ài sēn háo wēi ěr Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961 瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役 瓜達爾卡納爾島戰役 guā dá ěr kǎ nà ěr dǎo zhàn yì Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 - February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II 神风特攻队 神風特攻隊 shén fēng tè gōng duì Kamikaze Unit (Japanese corps of suicide pilots in World War II) / kamikaze (vodka-based cocktail) 第二次世界大战死难者悼念与和解日 Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War 和平、生存与反核战世界大会 和平、生存與反核戰世界大會 World Assembly for Peace and Life and Against Nuclear War 非洲第一次世界大战 fēi zhōu dì yī cì shì jiè dài zhàn Africa's First World War 核战争的长期世界范围生物后果国际会议 International Conference on the Long-term World-wide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War 第二次世界大战结束40周年政治宣言 第二次世界大戰結束40周年政治宣言 Political Declaration on the 40th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War 第二次世界大战结束五十周年纪念宣言 第二次世界大戰結束五十周年紀念宣言 Declaration in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the End of the Second World War 法兰西斯・斐迪南 法蘭西斯・斐迪南 fǎ lán xī sī · fěi dí nán Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I 神风突击队 神風突擊隊 shén fēng tū jī duì kamikaze unit (Japanese corps of suicide pilots in World War II) 法兰西斯·斐迪南 法蘭西斯·斐迪南 fǎ lán xī sī · fěi dí nán Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I 一战 一戰 yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) 下方 xià fāng underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods) syn 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world 乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn 世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first 举世 舉世 jǔ shì throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first) syn 新大陆 新大陸 xīn dà lù the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia syn 世尊 shì zūn World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha) 