战争
zhànzhēngTraditional: 戰爭
Translation
war, warfare
Stroke order
战
争
Examples
。
War has brought people a lot of suffering.
取平，。
We must strive for world peace and oppose war.
五。
This war lasted five years.
十。
That war lasted ten years.
历。
No one wants to experience war.
战争 (zhàn zhēng) means war or warfare. 战 means battle or fight and 争 means to contend or strive. Together they form the standard word for armed conflict between states or large groups. The measure word is 场 (chǎng): 一场战争 (a war). Common collocations: 发动战争 (to start a war), 反对战争 (oppose war), 和平与战争 (peace and war). Related: 战斗 (zhàn dòu, battle/combat), 内战 (nèi zhàn, civil war), 世界大战 (world war).
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