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

• 战无不胜，攻无不克(戰無不勝，攻無不克) to triumph in every battle and win every fight; all-conquering; ever victorious
• 战时(戰時) wartime
• 国际战争罪法庭(國際戰爭罪法庭) International war crimes tribunal
• 战壕(戰壕) trench; entrenchment
• 闪击战(閃擊戰) lightning war; Blitzkrieg
• 战车(戰車) a chariot ; a tank
• 不宣而战(不宣而戰) open hostilities without declaring war; start an undeclared war
• 国内战争(國內戰爭) civil war; internal struggle
• 终战(終戰) end of the war
• 赤壁之战(赤壁之戰) Battle of Redcliff
• 战胜(戰勝) to prevail; to surmount
• 求战(求戰) to seek battle
• 巴西战舞(巴西戰舞) capoeira
• 运动战(運動戰) mobile warfare
• 知彼知己，百战不殆(知彼知己，百戰不殆) knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles
• 军阀混战(軍閥混戰) incessant fighting between warlords
• 内战(內戰) civil war
• 战策(戰策) military tactics
• 战死沙场(戰死沙場) to die in battle
• 重披战袍(重披戰袍) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence
• 酣战(酣戰) to fight lustily
• 白刃战(白刃戰) hand-to-hand fighting
• 战役(戰役) a military campaign
• 屡败屡战(屢敗屢戰) to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks
• 敌军交战(敵軍交戰) to engage with enemy troops
• 无名战死(無名戰死) the unknown soldier (symbolizing war dead)
• 板门店停战村(板門店停戰村) Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
• 商战(商戰) trade war
• 迎战(迎戰) to meet the enemy head-on
• 应战(應戰) to take up a challenge; to face an attack and meet it
• 战机(戰機) fighter aircraft ; a battle plan ; a battle opportunity
• 航空母舰战斗群(航空母艦戰鬥群) carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG); naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier
• 战利品(戰利品) the spoils of war; booty; a war trophy
• 闪电战(閃電戰) blitzkrieg; blitz
• 口角战(口角戰) war of words
• 胆战心惊(膽戰心驚) to tremble with fear; scared witless
• 血战(血戰) bloody battle

Also contained in

战国时代 、 瓜达卡纳尔战役 、 平津战役 、 中越战争 、 战国末 、 墨西哥独立战争 、 战争与和平 、 普法战争 、 日俄战争 、 红白玫瑰战争 、 海湾战争 、 护国战争 、 中途岛战役 、 皖系战败

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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
• 疑战 (疑戰) 疑戰也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6