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Meaning of 战
Pinyin
zhàn
Radical
戈
Strokes
9
Definition
to fight / fight / war / battle
Usage
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战 (zhàn)
1. 打仗:
- To fight; to wage war.
2. 泛指争斗，比高下:
- General term for conflict and competition; to distinguish between strengths and weaknesses.
- 例如: 论战 (debate); 争战 (contention).
3. 发抖:
- To tremble or shiver.
- 例如: 战抖 (to shiver); 寒战 (to shiver from the cold).
4. 姓:
- A surname.
战 (zhàn)
- 【本义】: 作战，打仗 (Original meaning: to fight, to battle)
- 【造字法】: 形声。从戈，单(占)声 (Character formation: phono-semantic compound, with "戈" indicating weapon and "占" providing phonetic sound).
- 【同本义】 ([En.] battle; war): 同本义
- 【引】:
1. 《说文》：战，斗也 (Shuōwén: "War means to fight.")
2. 《左传·庄公十一年》：皆陈曰战 (The Zuo Zhuan: "All declared it a battle.")
3. 《公羊传·庄公三十年》：春秋敌者言战 (Gong Yang Zhuan: "In Spring and Autumn, enemies speak of battle.")
- 【例】:
- 征战 (to campaign in war); 战阀 (war merit); 战垒 (fortification in war).
- 【引】:
1. 《易·坤》：龙战于野 (The I Ching: "The dragon battles in the field.")
2. 清· 邵长蘅《青门剩稿》：下骑搏战 (Qing & Shao Changheng: "The horsemen engage in combat.")
- 【后作“颤”】 ([En.] later means "to shiver"):
- 【引】:
1. 《尔雅·释诂》：战栗，惧也 (Erya: "To shiver indicates fear.")
2. 《论语·八佾》：使民战栗 (Analects: "To make the people tremble.")
- 【例】:
- 战欣欣 (to tremble in joy); 战悸 (to tremble in fright).
战 (zhàn)
名 (n.) -
1. 战争;战事:
- War; warfare; a battle.
- 【引】:
1. 陈子昂《送别崔著作东征》：王师非乐战，之子慎佳兵 (Chen Zi'ang: "The royal army does not fight joyfully; the younger generation must take care in choosing soldiers.")
- 【例】:
- 战史 (historical records of wars); 战讯 (news of battles); 战道 (rules of warfare).
2. 姓:
- A surname.
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
have won every battle / fight repeatedly and win every battle / score one victory after another / win victory after victory
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to win every fight
"Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2]
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Input Method for 战
Pinyin
zhan4
Wubi
hkat|hkay
Cangjie
yri
Zhengma
idjh
Four Corner
23650
Unicode
U+6218
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