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weapon / arms / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
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  *兵* | 兵* | *兵
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
apparatus / instrument / equipment / weapon
HSK 7-9
chemical weapon
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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  *缴* | 缴* | *缴
to hand in; to hand over; to pay / to capture (weapons); to seize
HSK 7-9
weapons of war / arms
HSK 7-9
three-section staff (old-style weapon)
sharp weapon / effective implement / outstandingly able individual
strategic nuclear weapon
weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
nuclear weapon
HSK 7-9
nuclear weapon
lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters
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  *仗* | 仗* | *仗
weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle
nuclear weapons test
biological weapon
advanced weapon
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  *祭* | 祭* | *祭
to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival
HSK 7-9
sword and spear / weapons
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
atomic weapon
knife used in a violent crime; murder weapon (knife)
household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon
HSK 7-9
lethal weapon / murder weapon
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  *弓* | 弓* | *弓
a bow (weapon) / CL: 張|张 / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
HSK 7-9
(of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
ancient spear-like weapon, decorated with a red tassel
to brandish (a figurative weapon, i.e. some measure intended to deal with the situation); to resort to (some tactic)
SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) / riot police
Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand
(bladed) weapons
(of new weapons or equipment) to enter service (with a military unit); to be commissioned
SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) / riot police / abbr. for 特種警察|特种警察
(of a bladed weapon etc) to gleam coldly
weapon system
(idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds
(card games) trump card / (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
HSK 7-9
Taser (electroshock weapon)
Taser (electroshock weapon)
blunt instrument (used as a weapon)
defensive weapon
heavy weapon
nuclear weapon states
self-loading (weapon, tape deck etc)
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
conventional weapon
concealed weapon
fusion weapon / thermonuclear weapon
defensive (weapons)
to renounce nuclear weapons
weapon of mass destruction
(martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒 / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
martial arts involving weapons
golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
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  *戟* | 戟* | *戟
halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
mortar (weapon) / Taiwan pr. [po4 ji2 pao4]
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  *梃* | 梃* | *梃
a club (weapon)
to attack with a bladed weapon
embargo / export ban (e.g. on weapons)
light weapon
mace (weapon)
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  *鞭* | 鞭* | *鞭
whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)
to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
weaponry / weapons / arms
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒)
weapons / arms / fighting / war
chemical weapon / abbr. for 化學武器|化学武器
deadly weapon
yield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon)
nuclear weapons reduction (abbr. for 裁減核武器|裁减核武器) / disarmament
to disarm / (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons; to surrender
biological weapon
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
to fling back weapons hurled at one by attackers (acrobatic performance in Chinese opera) / to come to blows / to start a fight
to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
weapons-grade
a poison / a toxic agent / poison gas / a chemical weapon
fusion-type weapon
darts (game) / dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead)
arms / weapons
tactical nuclear weapons
sharp knife / knife (weapon)
weapons and armor
meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain)
magical object / object symbolic of imperial power / fine weapon / very useful tool
biological weapon (using germs)
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
radiological weapon
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  *櫜* | 櫜* | *櫜
weapon case
mace (weapon) / (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 銅錘花臉|铜锤花脸)
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  *锏* | 锏* | *锏
ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon
non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)
fission weapon
no first use (policy for nuclear weapons) / NFU

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