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 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console 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 客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue 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 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 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 看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball! 电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game 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 和棋 hé qí drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn 肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn 打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 游戏 游戲 yóu xì game / CL:場|场[chang3] / to play 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 拿下 ná xià to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc) syn 扑克 撲克 pū kè poker (game) (loanword) / playing cards 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 比分 bǐ fēn score (of a game or competition) 球赛 球賽 qiú sài (ball sports) game / match / CL:場|场[chang3] 内战 內戰 nèi zhàn civil war syn 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 弃权 棄權 qì quán to waive a right / to abstain (from voting) / (sports) to forfeit (a game) / to voluntarily withdraw from a match 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 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game 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) 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war / postwar 宣战 宣戰 xuān zhàn to declare war syn 板球 bǎn qiú cricket (ball game) 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 牌局 pái jú gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc 战火 戰火 zhàn huǒ the flames of war syn 扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 手柄 shǒu bǐng handle / video game controller 战败 戰敗 zhàn bài to lose a war syn 存档 存檔 cún dàng to archive / to place on file / saved data (for a video game etc) syn 桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game) 打法 dǎ fǎ to play (a card) / to make a move in a game 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc 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 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) syn 战备 戰備 zhàn bèi war preparation 耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn 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 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 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 博弈论 博弈論 bó yì lùn game theory 阿瑞斯 ā ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars 围棋 圍棋 wéi qí the game of Go 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 手球 shǒu qiú handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer) 勃发 勃發 bó fā to sprout up / to flourish / (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth 败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle 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 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 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn 战书 戰書 zhàn shū written war challenge 轴心国 軸心國 zhóu xīn guó Axis powers (World War II) 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 扫雷 掃雷 sǎo léi minesweeper (computer game) syn 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 和局 hé jú draw / tied game syn 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 