干戈 (gān gē) — weapons of war; arms (literary); (figurative) war, armed conflict, strife
Definition
A literary term for 'weapons and war' — far more formal than the everyday 武器, and almost always used figuratively to mean armed conflict (e.g. 化干戈为玉帛, 大动干戈).
noun
weapons of wararms (literary)(figurative) wararmed conflictstrife
Examples
- 干戈，。Liǎng guó rén mín dōu xī wàng huà gān gē wéi yù bó, cóng cǐ yǒu hǎo xiāng chǔ.The people of the two countries turned swords into plowshares and have lived in friendship ever since.
- ，干戈，。Xiāo yān sì qǐ, gān gē biàn dì, bǎi xìng bǎo shòu zhàn luàn zhī kǔ.Gunpowder smoke rose everywhere and weapons littered the land — the common people suffered greatly from the chaos of war.
- 。Gǔ dài zhū hóu guó zhī jiān cháng yīn lǐng tǔ zhēng duān ér dà dòng gān gē.In ancient times, feudal states often resorted to arms over territorial disputes.
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