zhàn

to fight

fight; war; battle

sound (占) + halberd (戈) = to fight or wage war

戈, the ancient hooked halberd, is the meaningful core here — it roots the character firmly in armed conflict. 占 contributes the sound zhàn rather than a meaning.

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An ancient Chinese polearm with a curved bladeSemantic

两国之间的争持续了很多年。

liǎng guó zhī jiān de zhàn zhēng chí xù le hěn duō nián。

The war between the two countries lasted for many years.

士兵们准备好了,随时可以出

shì bīng men zhǔn bèi hǎo le,suí shí kě yǐ chū zhàn。

The soldiers were ready and could go into battle at any time.

Words with 战

热战

rè zhàn

hot war

临战

lín zhàn

just before the contest

速战速决

sù zhàn sù jué

(idiom) to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve sth in the shortest time possible

连战

lián zhàn

Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang

连战连胜

lián zhàn lián shèng

fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom); ever victorious

运动战

yùn dòng zhàn

mobile warfare

遭遇战

zāo yù zhàn

(military) encounter

选战

xuǎn zhàn

election campaign

辽沈战役

liáo shěn zhàn yì

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

酣战

hān zhàn

to fight lustily

重披战袍

chóng pī zhàn páo

(fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence

野战

yě zhàn

battlefield operation

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