"war of attrition" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
持久战持久戰	chí jiǔ zhàn	prolonged war / war of attrition
消耗战消耗戰	xiāo hào zhàn	war of attrition

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
兵不厌诈兵不厭詐	bīng bù yàn zhà	there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war
磨损率磨損率	mó sǔn lǜ	attrition rate
缓慢种族灭绝緩慢種族滅絕		creeping genocide / genocide by attrition
损耗率損耗率		attrition rate
大战大戰	dà zhàn	war / to wage war	syn
抗战抗戰	kàng zhàn	war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
备战備戰	bèi zhàn	prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering	syn
开战開戰	kāi zhàn	to start a war / to make war / to battle against	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
参战參戰	cān zhàn	to go to war / to engage in war
拔河	bá hé	tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
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
先礼后兵先禮後兵	xiān lǐ hòu bīng	lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war
烽火四起	fēng huǒ sì qǐ	the fire of war in all four directions (idiom) / the confusion of war
边币邊幣	biān bì	Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation
兵连祸结兵連禍結	bīng lián huò jié	ravaged by successive wars / war-torn / war-ridden	syn
不宣而战不宣而戰	bù xuān ér zhàn	open hostilities without declaring war / start an undeclared war
兵乱兵亂	bīng luàn	confusion of war / turmoil of war	syn
国共内战國共內戰	guó gòng nèi zhàn	Chinese Civil War, also known as War of Liberation 解放戰爭\|解放战争[Jie3 fang4 Zhan4 zheng1]
战火纷飞戰火紛飛	zhàn huǒ fēn fēi	fire of war everywhere (idiom) / enveloped in the flames of war
战争法	zhàn zhēng fǎ	laws of war / law of war
战俘临时拘留所戰俘臨時拘留所		prisoner-of-war cage / POW cage / prisoner-of-war collecting point
战俘收容站戰俘收容站		prisoner-of-war cage / POW cage / prisoner-of-war collecting point
被控犯战争罪的人被控犯戰爭罪的人		persons indicted for war crimes person indicted for war crimes
战场残留物戰場殘留物		remnants of war / battlefield debris / debris of war
战争残留弹药戰爭殘留彈藥		remnants of war / battlefield debris / debris of war
战争戰爭	zhàn zhēng	war / conflict / CL:場\|场[chang2],次[ci4]	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
全线全線	quán xiàn	the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
孙子孫子	sūn zǐ	Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武\|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法\|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書\|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]	syn
司马司馬	sī mǎ	Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
战机戰機	zhàn jī	opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret
二战二戰	èr zhàn	World War II
世界大战世界大戰	shì jiè dà zhàn	world war
战火戰火	zhàn huǒ	the flames of war	syn
打仗	dǎ zhàng	to fight a battle / to go to war	syn
价格战價格戰	jià gé zhàn	price war
交战交戰	jiāo zhàn	to fight / to wage war	syn
战车戰車	zhàn chē	war chariot / tank
兵法	bīng fǎ	art of war / military strategy and tactics	syn
战后戰後	zhàn hòu	after the war / postwar
冷战冷戰	lěng zhàn	cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
总动员總動員	zǒng dòng yuán	general mobilization (for war etc)	syn
抗日战争抗日戰爭	kàng rì zhàn zhēng	(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
内战內戰	nèi zhàn	civil war	syn
战事戰事	zhàn shì	war / hostilities / fighting	syn
战乱戰亂	zhàn luàn	chaos of war	syn
圣战聖戰	shèng zhàn	Holy war / jihad
八路军八路軍	bā lù jūn	Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)	syn
第二次世界大战第二次世界大戰	dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn	World War II
战败戰敗	zhàn bài	to lose a war	syn
战局戰局	zhàn jú	war situation
战区戰區	zhàn qū	war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations	syn
空战空戰	kōng zhàn	air war / air warfare
宣战宣戰	xuān zhàn	to declare war	syn
越战越戰	yuè zhàn	Vietnam War (1955-1975)
开打開打	kāi dǎ	(of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
战俘戰俘	zhàn fú	prisoner of war	syn
战犯戰犯	zhàn fàn	war criminal	syn
反战反戰	fǎn zhàn	anti-war
战利品戰利品	zhàn lì pǐn	spoils of war
军事演习軍事演習	jūn shì yǎn xí	military exercise / war game
新军新軍	xīn jūn	New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
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
朝鲜战争朝鮮戰爭	cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng	Korean War (1950-1953)
兵部	bīng bù	Ministry of War (in imperial China)
商战商戰	shāng zhàn	trade war
战备戰備	zhàn bèi	war preparation
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
海湾战争海灣戰爭	hǎi wān zhàn zhēng	(Persian) Gulf War
遣返	qiǎn fǎn	to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war) / to send back
勃发勃發	bó fā	to sprout up / to flourish / (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth
第一次世界大战第一次世界大戰	dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn	World War One
旅顺旅順	lǚ shùn	Lüshun / Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市\|大连市, Liaoning / called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905
败北敗北	bài běi	(literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc)	syn
倒戈	dǎo gē	to change sides in a war / turncoat	syn
卢沟桥盧溝橋	lú gōu qiáo	Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭\|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
干戈	gān gē	weapons of war / arms	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
鹰派鷹派	yīng pài	hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派\|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers
林则徐林則徐	lín zé xú	Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
二次大战二次大戰	èr cì dà zhàn	World War Two
甲级战犯甲級戰犯	jiǎ jí zhàn fàn	a grade A war criminal
汗马功劳汗馬功勞	hàn mǎ gōng láo	war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution	syn
全面战争全面戰爭		all-out war
甲午战争甲午戰爭	jiǎ wǔ zhàn zhēng	First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
战书戰書	zhàn shū	written war challenge
兵书兵書	bīng shū	a book on the art of war	syn
口水战口水戰	kǒu shuǐ zhàn	war of words
白求恩	bái qiú ēn	Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
反恐战争反恐戰爭	fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng	war on terrorism
壮丁壯丁	zhuàng dīng	able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)	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
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
临战臨戰	lín zhàn	just before the contest / on the eve of war
兵荒马乱兵荒馬亂	bīng huāng mǎ luàn	soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war	syn

The four tones

"war of attrition" Chinese-English Dictionary

Your cookie choices

Share this page