bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis
巴西战舞巴西戰舞ba1 xi1 zhan4 wu3
capoeira
白刃战白刃戰bai2 ren4 zhan4
hand-to-hand fighting
白色战剂白色戰劑bai2 se4 zhan4 ji4
Agent White
白衣战士白衣戰士bai2 yi1 zhan4 shi4
warrior in white; medical worker
柏举之战柏舉之戰bai3 ju3 zhi1 zhan4
Baiju war of 506 BC, in which Wu 吴 scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚
百团大战百團大戰bai3 tuan2 da4 zhan4
Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists
百战百胜百戰百勝bai3 zhan4 bai3 sheng4
to emerge victorious in every battle; to be ever-victorious
百战不殆百戰不殆bai3 zhan4 bu4 dai4
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法); to win every fight
败战敗戰bai4 zhan4
to lose a war; fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
板门店停战村板門店停戰村ban3 men2 dian4 ting2 zhan4 cun1
Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
饱餐战饭飽餐戰飯bao3 can1 zhan4 fan4
to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)
保证破坏战略保證破壞戰略bao3 zheng4 po4 huai4 zhan4 lve4
assured destruction strategy
背水一战背水一戰bei4 shui3 yi1 zhan4
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
备战備戰bei4 zhan4
prepared against war; to prepare for war; warmongering
笔战筆戰bi3 zhan4
written polemics
丙子战争丙子戰爭bing3 zi3 zhan4 zheng1
second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
搏战搏戰bo2 zhan4
to fight; to struggle; to wage war
布防迎战布防迎戰bu4 fang2 ying2 zhan4
to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
不列颠保卫战不列顛保衛戰bu4 lie4 dian1 bao3 wei4 zhan4
see 不列顛戰役|不列颠战役)
不列颠战役不列顛戰役bu4 lie4 dian1 zhan4 yi4
Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)
布匿战争布匿戰爭bu4 ni4 zhan4 zheng1
the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage
不惜一战不惜一戰bu4 xi1 yi1 zhan4
to be ready to go to war
不宣而战不宣而戰bu4 xuan1 er2 zhan4
open hostilities without declaring war; start an undeclared war
不战不和不戰不和bu4 zhan4 bu4 he2
neither war nor peace
参战參戰can1 zhan4
to go to war; to engage in war
长平之战長平之戰chang2 ping2 zhi1 zhan4
battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
朝鲜战争朝鮮戰爭chao2 xian3 zhan4 zheng1
Korean war (1950-1953)
朝战朝戰chao2 zhan4
abbr. for 朝鮮戰爭|朝鲜战争, Korean War (1950-1953)
沉着应战沉著應戰chen2 zhuo2 ying4 zhan4
to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
橙色战剂橙色戰劑cheng2 se4 zhan4 ji4
Agent Orange
持久战持久戰chi2 jiu3 zhan4
prolonged war; war of attrition
赤壁之战赤壁之戰chi4 bi4 zhi1 zhan4
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu; famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
楚汉战争楚漢戰爭chu3 han4 zhan4 zheng1
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu
春秋战国春秋戰國chun1 qiu1 zhan4 guo2
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
春秋战国时代春秋戰國時代chun1 qiu1 zhan4 guo2 shi2 dai4
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods; Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
唇枪舌战唇槍舌戰chun2 qiang1 she2 zhan4
war of words
打野战打野戰da3 ye3 zhan4
see 打野炮
大战大戰da4 zhan4
war; to wage war
胆战膽戰dan3 zhan4
to tremble with fear
胆战心惊膽戰心驚dan3 zhan4 xin1 jing1
to tremble with fear (idiom); scared witless
德国战车德國戰車de2 guo2 zhan4 che1
Rammstein (German metal band)
第二次世界大战第二次世界大戰di4 er4 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4
World War II
第一次世界大战第一次世界大戰di4 yi1 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4
World War One
地缘战略地緣戰略di4 yuan2 zhan4 lve4
geostrategic
丁卯战争丁卯戰爭ding1 mao3 zhan4 zheng1
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
独立战争獨立戰爭du2 li4 zhan4 zheng1
war of independence
对战對戰dui4 zhan4
to do battle (with sb)
恶战惡戰e4 zhan4
hard fighting; fierce battle
二次大战二次大戰er4 ci4 da4 zhan4
World War Two
二次世界大战二次世界大戰er4 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4
World War Two
二战二戰er4 zhan4
World War II
反恐战争反恐戰爭fan3 kong3 zhan4 zheng1
war on terrorism
反生物战反生物戰fan3 sheng1 wu4 zhan4
biological (warfare) defense
反战反戰fan3 zhan4
anti-war
反战抗议反戰抗議fan3 zhan4 kang4 yi4
antiwar protest
放射作战放射作戰fang4 she4 zuo4 zhan4
radiological operations
奋战奮戰fen4 zhan4
to fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard
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
会战會戰hui4 zhan4
decisive battle; (fig.) campaign
混战混戰hun4 zhan4
chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting
机械战警機械戰警ji1 xie4 zhan4 jing3
RoboCop (movie)
激战激戰ji1 zhan4
to fight fiercely; fierce battle
甲级战犯甲級戰犯jia3 ji2 zhan4 fan4
a grade A war criminal
甲午战争甲午戰爭jia3 wu3 zhan4 zheng1
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
蒋桂战争蔣桂戰爭jiang3 gui4 zhan4 zheng1
confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction
交战交戰jiao1 zhan4
to fight; to wage war
解放战争解放戰爭jie3 fang4 zhan4 zheng1
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
决战決戰jue2 zhan4
decisive battle
军阀混战軍閥混戰jun1 fa2 hun4 zhan4
incessant fighting between warlords
开战開戰kai1 zhan4
to start a war; to make war; to battle against
抗日战争抗日戰爭kang4 ri4 zhan4 zheng1
(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
抗战抗戰kang4 zhan4
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
克里木战争克里木戰爭ke4 li3 mu4 zhan4 zheng1
the Crimean War (1853-1856)
空战空戰kong1 zhan4
air war; air warfare
口角战口角戰kou3 jiao3 zhan4
war of words
苦战苦戰ku3 zhan4
bitter struggle; hard battle; arduous effort
狂战士狂戰士kuang2 zhan4 shi4
berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
拉锯战拉鋸戰la1 ju4 zhan4
to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest
冷战冷戰leng3 zhan4
cold war; (coll.) shiver; shudder
力战力戰li4 zhan4
to fight with all one's might
连战連戰lian2 zhan4
Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang
连战连胜連戰連勝lian2 zhan4 lian2 sheng4
fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom); ever victorious
恋战戀戰lian4 zhan4
to zealously continue fighting
两伊战争兩伊戰爭liang3 yi1 zhan4 zheng1
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
辽沈战役遼瀋戰役liao2 shen3 zhan4 yi4
Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
临战臨戰lin2 zhan4
just before the contest; on the eve of war
六二五战争六二五戰爭liu4 er4 wu3 zhan4 zheng1
the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
六日战争六日戰爭liu4 ri4 zhan4 zheng1
the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
论战論戰lun4 zhan4
to debate; to contend; polemics
屡败屡战屢敗屢戰lv3 bai4 lv3 zhan4
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
屡战屡败屢戰屢敗lv3 zhan4 lv3 bai4
to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
贸易战貿易戰mao4 yi4 zhan4
trade war
玫瑰战争玫瑰戰爭mei2 gui1 zhan4 zheng1
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
美国独立战争美國獨立戰爭mei3 guo2 du2 li4 zhan4 zheng1
American War of Independence (1775-1783)
孟良崮战役孟良崮戰役meng4 liang2 gu4 zhan4 yi4
Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
拇战拇戰mu3 zhan4
finger-guessing game
南征北战南征北戰nan2 zheng1 bei3 zhan4
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
内战內戰nei4 zhan4
civil war
搦战搦戰nuo4 zhan4
to challenge to battle
平津战役平津戰役ping2 jin1 zhan4 yi4
Pingjin 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
普法战争普法戰爭pu3 fa3 zhan4 zheng1
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
前哨战前哨戰qian2 shao4 zhan4
skirmish
枪战槍戰qiang1 zhan4
gun battle; firefight
日俄战争日俄戰爭ri4 e2 zhan4 zheng1
the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
肉搏战肉搏戰rou4 bo2 zhan4
hand-to-hand combat
萨尔浒之战薩爾滸之戰sa4 er3 hu3 zhi1 zhan4
Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤 crushed four Ming armies
闪电战閃電戰shan3 dian4 zhan4
Blitzkrieg; lightning war
闪击战閃擊戰shan3 ji1 zhan4
lightning war; Blitzkrieg
商战商戰shang1 zhan4
trade war
舌战舌戰she2 zhan4
verbal sparring; duel of words
身经百战身經百戰shen1 jing1 bai3 zhan4
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom); fig. experienced; seasoned
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
生物战生物戰sheng1 wu4 zhan4
germ warfare; biological warfare
生物战剂生物戰劑sheng1 wu4 zhan4 ji4
biological agent; biological warfare agent
圣战聖戰sheng4 zhan4
Holy war; jihad
实战實戰shi2 zhan4
real combat; actual combat
世界大战世界大戰shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4
world war
赎罪日战争贖罪日戰爭shu2 zui4 ri4 zhan4 zheng1
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
斯大林格勒会战斯大林格勒會戰si1 da4 lin2 ge2 le4 hui4 zhan4
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943); also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
斯大林格勒战役斯大林格勒戰役si1 da4 lin2 ge2 le4 zhan4 yi4
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
死战死戰si3 zhan4
fight to the death; desperate struggle
速战速决速戰速決su4 zhan4 su4 jue2
a blitzkrieg strategy (idiom); to resolve sth in the shortest time possible; to get sth done quickly
太平洋战争太平洋戰爭tai4 ping2 yang2 zhan4 zheng1
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
挑灯夜战挑燈夜戰tiao3 deng1 ye4 zhan4
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night; to burn the midnight oil