行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 战 戰 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 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 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 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) 生产线 生產線 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 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 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 巡洋舰 巡洋艦 xún yáng jiàn cruiser (warship) / battle cruiser 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 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 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 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 中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line 控制线 控制線 kòng zhì xiàn line of control / control line 败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 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 虚线 虛線 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line 底边 底邊 dǐ biān base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt) 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 曲线图 曲線圖 qū xiàn tú line graph / line diagram 垂线 垂線 chuí xiàn (math.) perpendicular line / vertical line syn 站队 站隊 zhàn duì to line up / to stand in line / (fig.) to take sides / to side with sb / to align oneself with a faction 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 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 对战 對戰 duì zhàn to do battle (with sb) 会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort syn 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 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] 线图 線圖 xiàn tú line drawing / diagram / line graph 战斗群 戰鬥群 zhàn dòu qún battle group / naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier 整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line) 军棋 軍棋 jūn qí land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego 逐行扫描 逐行掃描 zhú háng sǎo miáo line by line scanning / progressive scanning 八卦阵 八卦陣 bā guà zhèn eight-trigram battle array / (fig.) mystifying tactics 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 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 补给线 supply line / line of supply 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 实线 實線 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line 披靡 pī mǐ to be swept by the wind / to be blown about by the wind / to be routed (in battle etc) 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 呐 吶 nà battle cry syn 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 仗 zhàng weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle syn 刘 劉 liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter 役 yì forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 戟 jǐ halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax 戚 qī (bound form) relatives / kin / (bound form) grief / sorrow / (old) battle-axe syn 准线 準線 zhǔn xiàn directrix line of a parabola / guide line 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 基准线 基准線 jī zhǔn xiàn datum line / reference line 长蛇阵 長蛇陣 cháng shé zhèn single-line formation (army) / fig. long line 钺 鉞 yuè battle-ax 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 路 lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] syn 