加油 jiā yóu to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on syn 气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn 大战 大戰 dà zhàn war / to wage war syn 气体 氣體 qì tǐ gas (i.e. gaseous substance) syn 加油站 jiā yóu zhàn gas station 泄漏 xiè lòu (of a liquid or gas) to leak / to divulge / to leak (information) syn 开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against syn 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 煤气 煤氣 méi qì coal gas / gas (fuel) 面罩 miàn zhào mask / visor / facepiece (e.g. diving suit, gas mask) syn 瓦斯 wǎ sī gas (loanword) 油门 油門 yóu mén accelerator (pedal) / gas pedal / throttle 气管 氣管 qì guǎn windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe syn 泄气 洩氣 xiè qì to leak (gas) / to be discouraged / to despair / (disparaging) pathetic / to vent one's anger / (of a tire) to be flat syn 参战 參戰 cān zhàn to go to war / to engage in war 天然气 天然氣 tiān rán qì natural gas 防毒面具 fáng dú miàn jù gas mask 排放 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit / to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate / to discharge semen syn 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 毒剂 毒劑 dú jì a poison / a toxic agent / poison gas / a chemical weapon 备战 備戰 bèi zhàn prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering syn 氢气 氫氣 qīng qì hydrogen (gas) syn 漏气 漏氣 lòu qì to leak air or gas syn 催泪弹 催淚彈 cuī lèi dàn tear bomb / tear-gas grenade 废气 廢氣 fèi qì exhaust gas / industrial waste gas 施放 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc) syn 燃气 燃氣 rán qì fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc) 沼气 沼氣 zhǎo qì marsh gas / methane CH4 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 毒气弹 毒氣彈 dú qì dàn poison gas shell / poison gas grenade 弥散 彌散 mí sàn to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc) syn 电离 電離 diàn lí ion / ionized (e.g. gas) 光气 光氣 guāng qì phosgene COCl2, aka carbonyl chloride, a poisonous gas 抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) 回火 huí huǒ to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire 油气 油氣 yóu qì oil and gas 氨气 氨氣 ān qì ammonia (gas) syn 液化气 液化氣 yè huà qì liquid gas / bottled gas (fuel) 燃气轮机 燃氣輪機 rán qì lún jī gas turbine 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 液化石油气 液化石油氣 yè huà shí yóu qì liquefied petroleum gas 气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) 排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 气田 氣田 qì tián gas field 催泪 催淚 cuī lèi to move to tears (of a story) / tear-provoking (gas) / lacrimogen 三废 三廢 sān fèi three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1] 火力发电厂 火力發電廠 huǒ lì fā diàn chǎng fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas) 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 跑 pǎo to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off syn 储气罐 儲氣罐 chǔ qì guàn gas tank (for gas, not gasoline) 芥子气 芥子氣 jiè zǐ qì mustard gas 汽灯 汽燈 qì dēng gas lamp syn 气焊 氣焊 qì hàn gas welding 压缩天然气 compressed natural gas 笑气 笑氣 xiào qì laughing gas (nitrous oxide) 气体探测器 气体探測器 qì tǐ tàn cè qì gas detector 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 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 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 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 