战 (戰) zhàn

1. zhàn noun war; fighting; battle
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
   Notes: (CCD 1 '战' 1, p. 2412; Guoyu '戰' n 1; Unihan '戰'; XHZD '戰' 1, p. 953)
2. zhàn verb to fight
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
   Notes: 战 is synonymous with 争斗 in this sense. Etymology: 戰：鬬也。(Shuo Wen; CCD 1 '战' 2, p. 2412; FE '戰' 2, p. 473; Guoyu '戰' v 2; Mathews 1931 '戰', p. 15)
3. zhàn verb to shiver; to shudder; to tremble
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 战 is synonymous with 发抖 in this sense (CCD 2 '战', p. 2412; FE '戰' 1, p. 473; Guoyu '戰' v 3; Mathews 1931 '戰', p. 16; XHZD '战' 2, p. 954)
4. zhàn proper noun Zhan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CCD 1 '战' 3, p. 2412; FE '戰' 4, p. 473; Guoyu '戰' n 2)
5. zhàn verb to debate; to dispute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 反驳 (Guoyu '戰' v 2)

Contained in

• 攻战(攻戰) to do battle
• 野战(野戰) battlefield operation ; paintball
• 打冷战(打冷戰) to shiver; to shudder
• 反战抗议(反戰抗議) antiwar protest
• 生命不息，战斗不止(生命不息，戰鬥不止) while there is life, the fight continues; to fight to the last
• 战事(戰事) fighting; war; military conflict
• 搦战(搦戰) to challenge to battle
• 寒战(寒戰) to shiver
• 狂战士(狂戰士) berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
• 饱餐战饭(飽餐戰飯) to fill one's belly before the battle
• 战务(戰務) military affairs
• 挑战(挑戰) to challenge
• 苦战(苦戰) bitter struggle; hard battle; arduous effort
• 攻无不克，战无不胜(攻無不克，戰無不勝) to triumph in every battle and win every fight; all-conquering; ever victorious
• 开战(開戰) to start a war; to make war; to battle against
• 搏战(搏戰) to fight; to struggle; to wage war
• 战战兢兢(戰戰兢兢) trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation
• 背水一战(背水一戰) fight with one's back to the river; to fight to win or die
• 闪击战(閃擊戰) lightning war; Blitzkrieg
• 战力(戰力) military strength; military power; military capability
• 死战(死戰) to fight to the death ; deciding battle
• 板门店停战村(板門店停戰村) Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
• 生物战剂(生物戰劑) biological agent; biological warfare agent
• 战火纷飞(戰火紛飛) fire of war everywhere; enveloped in the flames of war
• 争战(爭戰) to fight; to battle
• 战况(戰況) battlefield situation; battle progress
• 并肩作战(並肩作戰) doing battle shoulder-to-shoulder
• 挑灯夜战(挑燈夜戰) to raise a lantern and fight at night; to work into the night; to burn the midnight oil
• 转战千里(轉戰千里) fighting everywhere over a thousand miles; constant fighting across the country
• 战果(戰果) to fruits of war
• 保证破坏战略(保證破壞戰略) assured destruction strategy
• 战国末年(戰國末年) late Warring States period
• 战略核力量(戰略核力量) strategic nuclear force
• 战略家(戰略家) a strategist; a military strategist
• 迎战(迎戰) to meet the enemy head-on
• 将不可以愠致战(將不可以慍致戰) a general should fight a battle out of anger
• 沉着应战(沉著應戰) to remain calm in the face of adversity
• 参战(參戰) to go to war; to engage in war
• 混战(混戰) chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting
• 消耗战(消耗戰) war of attrition

Also contained in

官渡之战 、 南北战争 、 淮海战役 、 山海关之战 、 布匿战争 、 中途岛战役 、 战国时代 、 长城抗战 、 长平之战 、 抗日战争 、 诸神之战

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Collocations

• 人战 (人戰) 與鄭人戰于狐壤 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 29
• 师战 (師戰) 及齊師戰于奚 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 25
• 言战 (言戰) 不言戰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 22
• 欲战 (欲戰) 蒲城人欲戰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 13
• 战不胜 (戰不勝) 壹戰不勝請再 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 11
• 偏战 (偏戰) 此偏戰也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 8
• 请战 (請戰) 遂使請戰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
• 吴战 (吳戰) 楚人及吳戰于長岸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
• 一战 (一戰) 可以一戰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
• 来战 (來戰) 鄭伯來戰于郎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 6