"written war challenge" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
战书戰書	zhàn shū	written war challenge

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
挑战挑戰	tiǎo zhàn	to challenge / challenge	syn
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
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
持久战持久戰	chí jiǔ zhàn	prolonged war / war of attrition
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
孙子兵法孫子兵法	sūn zǐ bīng fǎ	“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書\|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子\|孙子[Sun1 zi3]
司马法司馬法	sī mǎ fǎ	“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書\|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴\|司马穰苴[Si1 ma3 Rang2 ju1]
培里克利斯	péi lǐ kè lì sī	Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war / also written 伯里克利[Bo2 li3 ke4 li4]
将军將軍	jiāng jūn	general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot	syn
验证码驗證碼	yàn zhèng mǎ	verification code / CAPTCHA, a type of challenge-response test (computing)
动摇動搖	dòng yáo	to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to	syn
应战應戰	yìng zhàn	to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it	syn
叫板	jiào bǎn	to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
童趣	tóng qù	qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)	syn
硬仗	yìng zhàng	tough battle / difficult task / big challenge	syn
叫阵叫陣	jiào zhèn	to challenge an opponent to a fight
以身试法以身試法	yǐ shēn shì fǎ	to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law	syn
搦	nuò	(literary) to hold (in the hand) / to challenge / to provoke	syn
提出异议提出異議	tí chū yì yì	to disagree / to object / to differ / to challenge (a statement)
朱云折槛朱雲折檻	zhū yún zhē kǎn	Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom) / to challenge and admonish boldly
迎接挑战迎接挑戰	yíng jiē tiǎo zhàn	to meet a challenge
全球文盲问题	quán qiú wén máng wèn tí	global literacy challenge
千年挑战账户千年挑戰賬戶		Millennium Challenge Account
质疑制度質疑制度	zhì yí zhì duó	challenge regime
联合国对全球粮价挑战的统一对策聯合國對全球糧價挑戰的統一對策		unified United Nations response to the global food price challenge
千年挑战契约千年挑戰契約		Millennium Challenge Compact
非洲科研促进工商发展计划非洲科研促進工商發展計劃		African Science to Business Challenge
雨林挑战项目雨林挑戰項目		Rainforest Challenge
质疑性视察質疑性視察		challenge inspection
原则宣言原則宣言		Declaration of Principles - Building the Information Society: a global challenge in the new Millennium / Declaration of Principles
金融发展挑战基金金融發展挑戰基金		Financial Development Challenge Fund
挑战赠款挑戰贈款		challenge grant
世纪挑战账户集团世紀挑戰賬戶集團		Millennium Challenge Corporation
共同迎接艾滋病的挑战共同迎接艾滋病的挑戰		AIDS: Sharing the Challenge
质疑性现场视察質疑性現場視察		on-site inspection on challenge
密克罗尼西亚挑战密克羅尼西亞挑戰		Micronesia Challenge
绝对回避絕對回避		peremptory challenge
有本钱有本錢	yǒu běn qián	to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)
搦战搦戰	nuò zhàn	to challenge to battle
PK	P K	(slang) to take on / to challenge / to go head to head / showdown / comparison
拥兵自重擁兵自重	yōng bīng zì zhòng	(of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government
有本事	yǒu běn shi	to have what it takes / (coll.) (often followed by 就[jiu4]) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc / Example: 有本事就打我[you3 ben3 shi5 jiu4 da3 wo3] Hit me if you dare!
踢馆踢館	tī guǎn	to challenge an established martial arts school to a fight (to prove one's skills or gain reputation) / (fig.) to prove oneself by competing against those already established in a particular field
杜鹃杜鵑	dù juān	cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥\|杜鹃鸟) / Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花\|杜鹃花)	syn
笔头筆頭	bǐ tóu	ability to write / writing skill / written / in written form
书面许可書面許可	shū miàn xǔ kě	written permission / written authorization
大牌档大牌檔	dà pái dàng	food stall / open-air restaurant (original Hong Kong written form, now usually written as 大排檔\|大排档[da4pai2dang4])
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

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"written war challenge" Chinese-English Dictionary

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