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HSK
to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
combat / to fight
HSK 6
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
war / to wage war
real combat / actual combat
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  *战* | 战* | *战
to fight / fight / war / battle
to do battle (with sb)
World War II
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ...
united front (abbr. for 統一戰線|统一战线)
sea warfare; naval battle
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
(US-Soviet) Cold War
(coll.) shiver / shudder
(military) to go off to war / (sports) to compete
air war / air warfare
campaign; expedition
to declare war
to fight fiercely / fierce battle
battlefield operation / paintball
Holy war / jihad
chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee / to join in such fighting
to debate / to contend / polemics
trade war
to fight in one place after another
bloody battle
to cease fire; to stop fighting / armistice; truce
to fight / to wage war
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
bitter fighting / a violent battle
to watch from the sidelines
civil war
gun battle / firefight
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
to fight with all one's might
hard fighting / fierce battle
to meet the enemy head-on
to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard
fight to the death / desperate struggle
warlike
shiver
to start a war / to make war / to battle against
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear / scared witless
armistice
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil
to support (in battle)
(military) street fighting; urban combat
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned
(military) to fight on land; ground warfare
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
to go to war / to engage in war
bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
tactic of several persons or groups taking turns to fight one opponent; tag-team attack
to fight lustily
to zealously continue fighting
fight
just before the contest / on the eve of war
verbal sparring / duel of words
artillery bombardment; artillery battle
open hostilities without declaring war / start an undeclared war
nuclear warfare
to challenge to battle
written polemics
Korean War (1950-1953)
finger-guessing game
(movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s)
end of the war
(gaming) team battle
Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang
to lose a war / fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
incessant fighting between warlords
election campaign
Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌 in north Henan)
Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists
World War One
(literary) to shake with fear
to meet a challenge
psychological warfare / psychological operations / psyop
World War II
(military) to meet for a decisive battle / (military) battle / (fig.) large-scale concerted effort
(military) encounter / skirmish
prolonged war / war of attrition
lightning war / Blitzkrieg
struggle
(Internet slang) to bait others into an argument
pillow fight
guerrilla warfare
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
Chinese Civil War (1927-1949)
biological warfare; germ warfare
mobile warfare
psychological warfare / (literary) to be inwardly terrorized
to-and-fro tussle / closely-fought contest
Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军 encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000
war of words
to engage in battle
to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)

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