大战 大戰 dà zhàn war / to wage war syn 贩毒 販毒 fàn dú to traffic narcotics / drugs trade / opium trade 开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against syn 参战 參戰 cān zhàn to go to war / to engage in war 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering 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 抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) 通商 tōng shāng (of nations) to have trade relations / to engage in trade syn 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 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 世界贸易 世界貿易 shì jiè mào yì world trade / global trade 加工贸易 加工貿易 jiā gōng mào yì process trade / trade involving assembly 逆差 nì chā adverse trade balance / trade deficit 自由贸易区 自由貿易區 zì yóu mào yì qū free trade zone / free trade area 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 出超 chū chāo trade surplus / favorable balance of trade 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 战争 戰爭 zhàn zhēng war / conflict / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] syn 交易 jiāo yì to deal / to trade / to transact / transaction / deal / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 战 戰 zhàn to fight / fight / war / battle syn 工 gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor 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 商业 商業 shāng yè business / trade / commerce syn 行业 行業 háng yè trade / profession / industry / business syn 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn 贸易 貿易 mào yì (commercial) trade / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 工会 工會 gōng huì labor union / trade union / CL:個|个[ge4] 营业 營業 yíng yè to do business / to trade syn 内战 內戰 nèi zhàn civil war syn 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade 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 一手 yī shǒu a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help syn 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 亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 世贸 世貿 shì mào World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织 两下子 兩下子 liǎng xià zi a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade syn 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 招揽 招攬 zhāo lǎn to attract (customers) / to drum up (trade) syn 行话 行話 háng huà jargon / language of the trade 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 专卖 專賣 zhuān mài monopoly / exclusive right to trade syn 跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic syn 战备 戰備 zhàn bèi war preparation 倒戈 dǎo gē to change sides in a war / turncoat syn 从业 從業 cóng yè to practice (a trade) syn 经商 經商 jīng shāng to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business 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 批发 批發 pī fā wholesale / bulk trade / distribution syn 战乱 戰亂 zhàn luàn chaos of war syn 捣鼓 搗鼓 dǎo gu to fiddle with sth / to trade with sth syn 交易会 交易會 jiāo yì huì trade fair 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 零售业 零售業 líng shòu yè retail trade 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 各行各业 各行各業 gè háng gè yè every trade / all professions / all walks of life 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 始祖 shǐ zǔ primogenitor / founder of a school or trade syn 勃发 勃發 bó fā to sprout up / to flourish / (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth 从良 從良 cóng liáng (of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade 商贸 商貿 shāng mào trade and commerce syn 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 参展 參展 cān zhǎn to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc 会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company 商务部 商務部 shāng wù bù Department of Trade / Department of Commerce 二次大战 二次大戰 èr cì dà zhàn World War Two 把式 bǎ shì person skilled in a trade / skill syn 公休 gōng xiū to have a public holiday / to have an official holiday / (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association 留一手 liú yī shǒu to hold back a trick / not to divulge all one's trade secrets syn 外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 空战 空戰 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare 贸易额 貿易額 mào yì é volume of trade (between countries) 