战事 (zhàn shì) — war, hostilities | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

warhostilities

Measure word · 个

Examples

战事。
Zhè chǎng zhàn shì chí xù le sān nián.
This war lasted three years.
战事，。
Yóu yú zhàn shì jǐn zhāng, hěn duō rén lí kāi le chéng shì.
Due to the tense hostilities, many people left the city.
战事，。
zhàn shì Jié shù hòu, dà jiā kāi shǐ chóng jiàn jiā yuán.
After the war ended, everyone began to rebuild their homes.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

战 (war) narrows 事 (affair) to hostilities.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

占戈战

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn战zhàn

Same sound today

战 pairs 占, which gives its sound, with 戈, a weapon.

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

又又yòuhand
中中zhōnga flagpole with a drum

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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