战 zhàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 占 to divine 戈 spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
战胜
zhànshèng
to defeat; to overcome
Characters in this word
胜 shèng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我能战胜困难。 Wǒ néng zhànshèng kùnnan. I can get past difficulties.
- 他战胜了自己。 Tā zhànshèng le zìjǐ. He beats his own weakness.
- 我们战胜对手。 Wǒmen zhànshèng duìshǒu. We defeat our opponent.