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"first battle" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
首先 shǒu xiān first (of all) / in the first place 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
最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally 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
初次 chū cì for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc) syn
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
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
战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front 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
首选 首選 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn
首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing
首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
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)
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
草拟 草擬 cǎo nǐ first draft / to draw up (a first version) syn
捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn
巡洋舰 巡洋艦 xún yáng jiàn cruiser (warship) / battle cruiser
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
初犯 chū fàn first offender / first offense
海战 海戰 hǎi zhàn sea warfare / naval battle
晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn syn
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
大副 dà fù first mate / first officer (of a ship)
初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school 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
在先 zài xiān to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly syn
破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever syn
败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle syn
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
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time 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
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
争先 爭先 zhēng xiān to compete to be first / to contest first place syn
初露锋芒 初露鋒芒 chū lù fēng máng first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
首例 shǒu lì first case / first instance
首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter
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
一次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one)
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
对战 對戰 duì zhàn to do battle (with sb)
先到 xiān dào first arrival / first return
第一眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight
头道 頭道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
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
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time 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]
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
秦代 qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
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)
呐 吶 nà battle cry syn
初 chū at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic syn
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° 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
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
初露头角 初露頭角 chū lù tóu jiǎo lit. to first show one's horns (idiom) / fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
钺 鉞 yuè battle-ax
上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn
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
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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