战 zhàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
战役
zhànyì
campaign; battle
Characters in this word
役 yì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 那场战役改变了整个地区的力量格局，也留下了难以愈合的创伤。 Nà chǎng zhànyì gǎibiàn le zhěnggè dìqū de lìliàng géjú, yě liúxià le nányǐ yùhé de chuāngshāng. That campaign changed the balance of power across the whole region and left wounds that were hard to heal.
- 这次促销活动是公司今年最重要的一场战役。 Zhè cì cùxiāo huódòng shì gōngsī jīnnián zuì zhòngyào de yī chǎng zhànyì. This promotion campaign is the company's most important battle this year.
- 历史课上老师讲了那场战役，同学们听得非常认真。 Lìshǐ kè shàng lǎoshī jiǎng le nà chǎng zhànyì, tóngxuémen tīng de fēicháng rènzhēn. In history class the teacher talked about that campaign, and the students listened very attentively.
Related words
- 挑战 tiǎozhàn challenge
- 战斗 zhàndòu battle; to fight
- 战胜 zhànshèng to defeat; to overcome
- 战士 zhànshì soldier; fighter
- 战争 zhànzhēng war
- 备战 bèizhàn to prepare for war or a competition
- 冷战 lěngzhàn cold war; cold conflict
- 战场 zhànchǎng battlefield; arena of conflict
- 战略 zhànlüè strategy; strategic plan
- 战术 zhànshù tactic; tactics
- 战友 zhànyǒu comrade-in-arms; battle companion
- 作战 zuòzhàn to conduct combat; to fight