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 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) 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 刑事拘留 xíng shì jū liú to detain as criminal / criminal detention 刑拘 xíng jū to detain as criminal / criminal detention / abbr. for 刑事拘留[xing2 shi4 ju1 liu2] 甲级战犯 甲級戰犯 jiǎ jí zhàn fàn a grade A war criminal 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 刑事警察 xíng shì jǐng chá criminal police / member of the criminal police 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job 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 罪犯 zuì fàn criminal syn 指控 zhǐ kòng accusation / a (criminal) charge / to accuse syn 检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor / public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) syn 犯人 fàn rén convict / prisoner / criminal syn 嫌犯 xián fàn criminal suspect 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 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 黑帮 黑幫 hēi bāng bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate syn 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn 前科 qián kē criminal record / previous convictions 刑事 xíng shì criminal / penal syn 团伙 團伙 tuán huǒ (criminal) gang / gang member / accomplice / crony syn 逃犯 táo fàn escaped criminal / fugitive from the law syn 处决 處決 chǔ jué to execute (a condemned criminal) syn 罪案 zuì àn a criminal case 战利品 戰利品 zhàn lì pǐn spoils of war 通缉 通緝 tōng jī to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted syn 战机 戰機 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret 内战 內戰 nèi zhàn civil war syn 黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate syn 刑警 xíng jǐng criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察[xing2 shi4 jing3 cha2]) 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 出没 出沒 chū mò to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 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 在逃 zài táo to be at large (of a criminal) 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 罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster syn 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 通缉犯 通緝犯 tōng jī fàn wanted criminal / fugitive (from the law) 战火 戰火 zhàn huǒ the flames of war syn 公诉 公訴 gōng sù public prosecution / criminal prosecution 战败 戰敗 zhàn bài to lose a war syn 要犯 yào fàn major criminal 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 遣返 qiǎn fǎn to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war) / to send back 惯犯 慣犯 guàn fàn recidivist / habitual criminal 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest / to catch a criminal syn 落网 落網 luò wǎng (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured syn 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 破获 破獲 pò huò to uncover (a criminal plot) / to break open and capture 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 刑法 xíng fǎ criminal law syn 少年犯 shào nián fàn young criminal / juvenile delinquent 感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn 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 人犯 rén fàn criminal / culprit / suspect (old) syn 战乱 戰亂 zhàn luàn chaos of war syn 刑侦 刑偵 xíng zhēn criminal investigation syn 匪帮 匪幫 fěi bāng gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) 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 刑事犯罪 xíng shì fàn zuì criminal offense 贼船 賊船 zéi chuán pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction 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 查处 查處 chá chǔ to investigate and handle (a criminal case) 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 重犯 zhòng fàn serious criminal / felon 查办 查辦 chá bàn to investigate and handle (a criminal case) 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 疑凶 疑兇 yí xiōng suspected of murder / criminal suspect syn 查抄 chá chāo to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions / to search and confiscate (forbidden items) / to raid syn 查获 查獲 chá huò to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) 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 