关 關 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn 释放 釋放 shì fàng to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge syn 犯人 fàn rén convict / prisoner / criminal syn 囚犯 qiú fàn prisoner / convict syn 拘留 jū liú to detain (a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody syn 笼子 籠子 lóng zi cage / basket / container syn 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 探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly syn 战俘 戰俘 zhàn fú prisoner of war syn 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture syn 参战 參戰 cān zhàn to go to war / to engage in war 放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn 探监 探監 tàn jiān to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn 战俘营 戰俘營 zhàn fú yíng prisoner-of-war camp / POW camp 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 政治犯 zhèng zhì fàn political prisoner 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering syn 囚徒 qiú tú prisoner syn 转院 轉院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner) 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 抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) 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 网箱 網箱 wǎng xiāng net cage (fish farming) 追缉 追緝 zhuī jī to pursue / to be after / to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc) 囚笼 囚籠 qiú lóng cage used to hold or transport prisoners syn 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 保外就医 保外就醫 bǎo wài jiù yī to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner) 就擒 jiù qín to be taken prisoner 笼 籠 lóng enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket syn 囚 qiú prisoner syn 开释 開釋 kāi shì to release (a prisoner) syn 虏 虜 lǔ prisoner of war / to capture / to take prisoner / (old) northern barbarian / slave syn 俘 fú to take prisoner / prisoner of war syn 槛 檻 jiàn banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart syn 樊笼 樊籠 fán lóng bird cage / (fig.) prison / confinement syn 篝 gōu bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage 缧 縲 léi (literary) thick rope used to restrain a prisoner 柙 xiá cage / pen / scabbard syn 栊 櫳 lóng (literary) window / (literary) cage for animals syn 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 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) 商战 商戰 shāng zhàn trade war 