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 营地 營地 yíng dì camp syn 囚犯 qiú fàn prisoner / convict syn 拘留 jū liú to detain (a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody syn 大战 大戰 dà zhàn war / to wage war syn 露营 露營 lù yíng to camp out / camping syn 开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against syn 野营 野營 yě yíng to camp / field lodgings syn 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 夏令营 夏令營 xià lìng yíng summer camp 集中营 集中營 jí zhōng yíng concentration camp 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 阵营 陣營 zhèn yíng group of people / camp / faction / sides in a dispute syn 军营 軍營 jūn yíng barracks / army camp syn 参战 參戰 cān zhàn to go to war / to engage in war 副官 fù guān aide-de-camp 大本营 大本營 dà běn yíng headquarters / base camp syn 放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn 兵营 兵營 bīng yíng military camp / barracks syn 难民营 難民營 nàn mín yíng refugee camp 探监 探監 tàn jiān to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) 扎营 紮營 zhā yíng to camp / to pitch camp / stationed / quartered / Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2] syn 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row 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) 劳改 勞改 láo gǎi abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp) 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 劳教所 勞教所 láo jiào suǒ correctional institution / labor camp 宿营 宿營 sù yíng to camp / to bivouac / to lodge syn 营帐 營帳 yíng zhàng tent / camp 安营扎寨 安營紮寨 ān yíng zhā zhài to set up camp / Taiwan pr. [an1 ying2 zha2 zhai4] syn 策反 cè fǎn to instigate (rebellion etc) / incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp) syn 抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) 敌营 敵營 dí yíng enemy camp 安营 安營 ān yíng to pitch camp / to camp 营垒 營壘 yíng lěi army camp 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 训练营 訓練營 xùn liàn yíng training camp 营盘 營盤 yíng pán military camp / nomadic camp syn 追缉 追緝 zhuī jī to pursue / to be after / to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc) 快乐大本营 快樂大本營 kuài lè dà běn yíng Happy Camp (PRC TV series) 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 浩特 hào tè nomadic camp / town or village (Mongolian: khot) 营 營 yíng camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for syn 囚 qiú prisoner syn 奥斯威辛 奧斯威辛 ào sī wēi xīn Auschwitz (concentration camp) 开释 開釋 kāi shì to release (a prisoner) syn 宿营地 宿營地 sù yíng dì camp / campsite 虏 虜 lǔ prisoner of war / to capture / to take prisoner / (old) northern barbarian / slave syn 拔营 拔營 bá yíng to strike camp 俘 fú to take prisoner / prisoner of war syn 行军床 行軍床 xíng jūn chuáng camp bed / bivouac syn 槛 檻 jiàn banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart syn 奥斯维辛 奧斯維辛 ào sī wéi xīn Auschwitz (concentration camp) 戴维营 戴維營 dài wéi yíng Camp David 缧 縲 léi (literary) thick rope used to restrain a prisoner 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 