地步 dì bù stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway syn 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) 图景 圖景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture 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 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 了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 步 bù a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation syn 情 qíng (bound form) feelings / emotion / sentiment / passion / (bound form) situation / condition syn 战争 戰爭 zhàn zhēng war / conflict / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] syn 困难 困難 kùn nan difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation syn 战 戰 zhàn to fight / fight / war / battle syn 状况 狀況 zhuàng kuàng condition / state / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 条件 條件 tiáo jiàn condition / circumstance / term / factor / requirement / prerequisite / qualification / situation / state / condition / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 手里 手裡 shǒu lǐ in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation 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 场景 場景 chǎng jǐng scene / scenario / situation / setting syn 处境 處境 chǔ jìng situation (of a person) syn 场合 場合 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue syn 情形 qíng xing circumstances / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 局面 jú miàn aspect / phase / situation syn 场面 場面 chǎng miàn scene / spectacle / occasion / situation syn 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war syn 手头 手頭 shǒu tóu on hand / at hand / one's financial situation syn 情景 qíng jǐng scene / spectacle / circumstances / situation syn 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 形势 形勢 xíng shì circumstances / situation / terrain / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 随机 隨機 suí jī according to the situation / pragmatic / random syn 解救 jiě jiù to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation syn 台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn 知情 zhī qíng to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation syn 实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation / the truth syn 战利品 戰利品 zhàn lì pǐn spoils of war 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole syn 战机 戰機 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret 现状 現狀 xiàn zhuàng current situation syn 搭讪 搭訕 dā shàn to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation syn 内战 內戰 nèi zhàn civil war syn 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn 身处 身處 shēn chǔ in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by syn 世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war 危急 wēi jí critical / desperate (situation) syn 残局 殘局 cán jú endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) 大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture syn 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 风云 風雲 fēng yún weather / unstable situation syn 军情 軍情 jūn qíng military situation / military intelligence 交战 交戰 jiāo zhàn to fight / to wage war syn 谜团 謎團 mí tuán riddle / enigma / unpredictable situation / elusive matters 凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad 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 光明正大 guāng míng zhèng dà (of a person) honorable / not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard / without tricks / openly / (of a situation) out in the open syn 加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn 真情 zhēn qíng real situation / the truth syn 对策 對策 duì cè countermeasure for dealing with a situation syn 全局 quán jú overall situation syn 似曾相识 似曾相識 sì céng xiāng shí déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 实况 實況 shí kuàng live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation syn 战火 戰火 zhàn huǒ the flames of war syn 进退两难 進退兩難 jìn tuì liǎng nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation syn 失态 失態 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation) syn 知足 zhī zú content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness) syn 自拔 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation syn 近况 近況 jìn kuàng recent developments / current situation 战败 戰敗 zhàn bài to lose a war syn 势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 情势 情勢 qíng shì situation / circumstance 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 行情 háng qíng market price / quotation of market price / the current market situation syn 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 疫情 yì qíng epidemic situation 时事 時事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going syn 陷于 陷於 xiàn yú caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc) syn 窘境 jiǒng jìng awkward situation / predicament syn 随机应变 隨機應變 suí jī yìng biàn to change according to the situation (idiom) / pragmatic syn 总动员 總動員 zǒng dòng yuán general mobilization (for war etc) syn 战况 戰況 zhàn kuàng battlefield situation / battle progress 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 病入膏肓 bìng rù gāo huāng lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom) / fig. beyond cure / the situation is hopeless syn 