战 戰 zhàn to fight / fight / war / battle syn 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 战争 戰爭 zhàn zhēng war / conflict / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 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 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu a manly man / a man of character syn 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 老父 lǎo fù father / old man / venerable sir syn 姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 男同胞 nán tóng bāo man / male / male compatriot 口水战 口水戰 kǒu shuǐ zhàn war of words 倒霉蛋 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man 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 小开 小開 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master syn 时不我待 時不我待 shí bù wǒ dài (idiom) time and tide wait for no man syn 贤士 賢士 xián shì virtuous person / a man of merit 大拿 dà ná (coll.) man in power / boss / authority / expert 做鸭 做鴨 zuò yā (slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute 龚自珍 龔自珍 gōng zì zhēn Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet 满 滿 mǎn to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented syn 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 破瓜 pò guā (of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64 汗马 汗馬 hàn mǎ (lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬|汗血马[han4 xue4 ma3]) 慢 màn slow syn 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 大战 大戰 dà zhàn war / to wage war syn 杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player 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 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 男士 nán shì man / gentleman syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) 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 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn 世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 现代人 現代人 xiàn dài rén modern man / Homo sapiens 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 战火 戰火 zhàn huǒ the flames of war syn 开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against syn 化纤 化纖 huà xiān man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4xue2 xian1wei2]) 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 男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man / boy / son syn 兵法 bīng fǎ art of war / military strategy and tactics syn 男子汉 男子漢 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine) syn 战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war / postwar 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 总动员 總動員 zǒng dòng yuán general mobilization (for war etc) syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person 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 抗日战争 抗日戰爭 kàng rì zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 情妇 情婦 qíng fù mistress / paramour (of married man) syn 兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age syn 北京人 běi jīng rén Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing 武将 武將 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man syn 内战 內戰 nèi zhàn civil war syn 文学家 文學家 wén xué jiā writer / man of letters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 战事 戰事 zhàn shì war / hostilities / fighting syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 战乱 戰亂 zhàn luàn chaos of war syn 圣战 聖戰 shèng zhàn Holy war / jihad 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 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 参战 參戰 cān zhàn to go to war / to engage in war 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 第二次世界大战 第二次世界大戰 dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn World War II 蜘蛛侠 蜘蛛俠 zhī zhū xiá Spider-Man, comic book superhero 战败 戰敗 zhàn bài to lose a war syn 战局 戰局 zhàn jú war situation 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 空战 空戰 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 宣战 宣戰 xuān zhàn to declare war syn 