起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 大战 大戰 dà zhàn war / to wage war syn 开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against syn 缉毒 緝毒 jī dú to counter narcotics trafficking / drug enforcement 游击队 遊擊隊 yóu jī duì guerrilla band 参战 參戰 cān zhàn to go to war / to engage in war 收银机 收銀機 shōu yín jī cash register / check out counter 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 抗衡 kàng héng to compete with / to vie with / to counter syn 游击 游擊 yóu jī guerrilla warfare syn 背道而驰 背道而馳 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to syn 货柜 貨櫃 huò guì counter for the display of goods / (Tw) container (for freight transport) syn 小卖部 小賣部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business syn 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering syn 后跟 後跟 hòu gēn heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension") syn 计数器 計數器 jì shù qì counter / register 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 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 展台 展臺 zhǎn tái display counter / stand / booth 游击战 遊擊戰 yóu jī zhàn guerrilla warfare 柜员 櫃員 guì yuán teller / counter clerk 专柜 專櫃 zhuān guì sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol) 抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) 打游击 打游擊 dǎ yóu jī to wage guerrilla warfare / to fight as a guerrilla / (fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fixed place syn 访问量 訪問量 fǎng wèn liàng (web counter) hits 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 反恐精英 fǎn kǒng jīng yīng Counter-Strike 收银台 收銀台 shōu yín tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 吧台 bā tái counter of a bar (pub) 非处方药 非處方藥 fēi chǔ fāng yào over-the-counter drug 游击队员 游擊隊員 yóu jī duì yuán guerrilla 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 非处方 非處方 fēi chǔ fāng over-the-counter (adj.) 拂 fú to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to syn 开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn 诀 訣 jué to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare) syn 核反击 核反擊 hé fǎn jī nuclear counter strike 收款台 收款臺 shōu kuǎn tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 战争 戰爭 zhàn zhēng war / conflict / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] syn 战 戰 zhàn to fight / fight / war / battle 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 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn 战利品 戰利品 zhàn lì pǐn spoils of war 战机 戰機 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret 内战 內戰 nèi zhàn civil war syn 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 交战 交戰 jiāo zhàn to fight / to wage war syn 战俘 戰俘 zhàn fú prisoner of war syn 越战 越戰 yuè zhàn Vietnam War (1955-1975) 战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war / postwar 宣战 宣戰 xuān zhàn to declare war syn 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 战火 戰火 zhàn huǒ the flames of war syn 战败 戰敗 zhàn bài to lose a war syn 战事 戰事 zhàn shì war / hostilities / fighting syn 战俘营 戰俘營 zhàn fú yíng prisoner-of-war camp / POW camp 战犯 戰犯 zhàn fàn war criminal syn 遣返 qiǎn fǎn to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war) / to send back 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 总动员 總動員 zǒng dòng yuán general mobilization (for war etc) syn 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 战备 戰備 zhàn bèi war preparation 倒戈 dǎo gē to change sides in a war / turncoat syn 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 战乱 戰亂 zhàn luàn chaos of war syn 兵法 bīng fǎ art of war / military strategy and tactics syn 战局 戰局 zhàn jú war situation 知己知彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) syn 托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 阿瑞斯 ā ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars 大动干戈 大動干戈 dà dòng gān gē lit. to go to war (idiom) / fig. to make a big fuss over sth syn 败北 敗北 bài běi (literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc) syn 干戈 gān gē weapons of war / arms syn 勃发 勃發 bó fā to sprout up / to flourish / (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 圣战 聖戰 shèng zhàn Holy war / jihad 壮丁 壯丁 zhuàng dīng able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war) syn 二次大战 二次大戰 èr cì dà zhàn World War Two 空战 空戰 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare 解放战争 解放戰爭 jiě fàng zhàn zhēng War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石 战书 戰書 zhàn shū written war challenge 轴心国 軸心國 zhóu xīn guó Axis powers (World War II) 汗马功劳 汗馬功勞 hàn mǎ gōng láo war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution syn 战旗 戰旗 zhàn qí a war flag / an army banner 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 司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima 兵荒马乱 兵荒馬亂 bīng huāng mǎ luàn soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war syn 你争我夺 你爭我奪 nǐ zhēng wǒ duó lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war 新军 新軍 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) 临战 臨戰 lín zhàn just before the contest / on the eve of war 对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war syn 朝鲜战争 朝鮮戰爭 cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng Korean War (1950-1953) 