"world war" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
世界大战世界大戰	shì jiè dà zhàn	world war

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
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
二战二戰	èr zhàn	World War II
人世	rén shì	the world / this world / the world of the living	syn
下方	xià fāng	underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)	syn
参战參戰	cān zhàn	to go to war / to engage in war
乱世亂世	luàn shì	the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world	syn
备战備戰	bèi zhàn	prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering	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
新大陆新大陸	xīn dà lù	the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸\|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia	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
举世舉世	jǔ shì	throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)	syn
大千世界大韆世界	dà qiān shì jiè	great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4])	syn
二次大战二次大戰	èr cì dà zhàn	World War Two
抗战抗戰	kàng zhàn	war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
轴心国軸心國	zhóu xīn guó	Axis powers (World War II)
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
世界各地	shì jiè gè dì	all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world
世界第一	shì jiè dì yī	ranked number one in the world / the world's first
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
第二次世界大战第二次世界大戰	dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn	World War II
世尊	shì zūn	World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
俗世	sú shì	the mundane world / the world of mortals
第一次世界大战第一次世界大戰	dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn	World War One
下界	xià jiè	lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
人情世故	rén qíng shì gù	worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world	syn
人寰	rén huán	world / earthly world
霞飞霞飛	xiá fēi	Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One
浊世濁世	zhuó shì	the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism)	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
艾森豪威尔艾森豪威爾	ài sēn háo wēi ěr	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961
蒙哥马利蒙哥馬利	méng gē mǎ lì	Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal / Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname)
萧乾蕭乾	xiāo qián	Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
陈纳德陳納德	chén nà dé	(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II
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
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
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
壮丁壯丁	zhuàng dīng	able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)	syn
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
战书戰書	zhàn shū	written war challenge
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
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
你争我夺你爭我奪	nǐ zhēng wǒ duó	lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war
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)
临战臨戰	lín zhàn	just before the contest / on the eve of war
对仗對仗	duì zhàng	antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war	syn
朝鲜战争朝鮮戰爭	cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng	Korean War (1950-1953)
商战商戰	shāng zhàn	trade war
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
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
价格战價格戰	jià gé zhàn	price war
抗日战争抗日戰爭	kàng rì zhàn zhēng	(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
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
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
反战反戰	fǎn zhàn	anti-war
军事演习軍事演習	jūn shì yǎn xí	military exercise / war game
兵部	bīng bù	Ministry of War (in imperial China)
海湾战争海灣戰爭	hǎi wān zhàn zhēng	(Persian) Gulf War
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]
鹰派鷹派	yīng pài	hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派\|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers

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"world war" Chinese-English Dictionary

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