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the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
HSK 4
war; conflict / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 5
cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms
HSK 7-9
to fight a battle / to go to war
HSK 7-9
weapons of war / arms
HSK 7-9
South Korea (Republic of Korea) / (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
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  *車* | 車* | *車
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)
the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
the pro-war faction / hawks
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist
Anglo-Japanese allied army (intervention during Russian revolution and civil war 1917-1922)
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  *趙* | 趙* | *趙
surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
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  *魏* | 魏* | *魏
surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
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  *殤* | 殤* | *殤
to die in childhood / war dead
Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家, which flourished during the Warring States period (475-220 BC)
war of independence
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  *韓* | 韓* | *韓
Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
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  *楚* | 楚* | *楚
surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
Hui Shi, also known as Hui-zi 惠子(c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
war / to wage war
air war / air warfare
Ministry of War (in imperial China)
Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
(US-Soviet) Cold War
opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret
the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names
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  *役* | 役* | *役
forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle
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  *仗* | 仗* | *仗
weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle
general mobilization (for war etc)
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
(Tw) Star Wars
after the war / postwar
(of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems
spoils of war
(lit.) to exert one's horse / (fig.) war exploits / warhorse (abbr. for 汗血馬|汗血马)
to fight / to wage war
lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横, School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法); to win every fight
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
war chariot / tank
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  *轒* | 轒* | *轒
war chariot
to start a war / to make war / to battle against
to go to war / to engage in war
Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国 / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋 (3rd century AD)
the flames of war
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
civil war
(military) to go off to war / (sports) to compete
war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
war / hostilities / fighting
chaos of war
the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
world war
war preparation
danger spot / Jedi (in Star Wars)
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争
Star Wars
Holy war / jihad
Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施 (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861
the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子
Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
prolonged war / war of attrition
Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969
"Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time to go to war
tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
World War One
to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out / rapid growth
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state
anti-war
hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派, doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
prisoner of war
School of Agriculture, school of thought of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Korean War (1950-1953)
Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal / Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname)
written war challenge
to shoot accidentally while polishing a gun / (fig.) a minor incident that sparks a war
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom) / militaristic / bellicose
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
lit. to go to war (idiom) / fig. to make a big fuss over sth

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