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战场

zhànchǎng

battlefield; arena of conflict

Two chess players facing each other across a table
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Characters in this word

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
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场 chǎng

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 勿 must not, do not
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 场

Example phrases

  • 在数字经济时代,数据安全已经成为企业竞争的新战场。 Zài shùzì jīngjì shídài, shùjù ānquán yǐjīng chéngwéi qǐyè jìngzhēng de xīn zhànchǎng. In the digital economy, data security has already become a new battlefield for corporate competition.
  • 职场如战场,不努力就很容易被淘汰。 Zhíchǎng rú zhànchǎng, bù nǔlì jiù hěn róngyì bèi táotài. The workplace is like a battlefield; if you do not work hard, you are easily left behind.
  • 毕业考试快到了,教室变成了学生们的战场。 Bìyè kǎoshì kuài dào le, jiàoshì biànchéng le xuéshēngmen de zhànchǎng. The graduation exams are coming, and the classroom has become the students' battlefield.

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