出阵 (chū zhèn) — to go out to battle; to take the field

Definition

A literary/spoken verb meaning to go out to fight or take the field, often used figuratively for entering a contest or contesting an issue.

verb

to go out to battleto take the field

出阵。
Míng tiān wǒ men jiù yào chū zhèn le.
Tomorrow we will go out to battle.
，。
Tā men yǐ jīng chū le zhèn, zhǔn bèi yíng zhàn.
They have already taken the field and are ready to fight.
，出阵。
Wèi le duó guàn, qiú yuán men quán lì chū zhèn.
To win the championship, the players went all out into the game.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

阵zhènbattle line

出 shows going out, and 阵 shows the battle line, giving the idea of taking the field.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陣; 阵 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 陣, a left-side part was added to a shortened 東; the older shape also used 攴. The simplified 阵 is a later shorthand.