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战局 (zhàn jú) — war situation, military situation

Definition

战局 (zhànjú) names the overall state and trajectory of a war, not a single battle — closer to 'war situation' than to 战场 ('battlefield, front'). Used in news and military commentary to describe how a conflict is unfolding.

noun
war situationmilitary situation

Examples

  • 战局。
    Shuāng fāng dōu zài mì qiè guān zhù zhàn jú de biàn huà.
    Both sides are closely watching the changes in the war situation.
  • 战局。
    zhàn jú Yǐ jīng zhú jiàn xiàng yǒu lì yú wǒ fāng de fāng xiàng fā zhǎn.
    The war situation is gradually developing in a direction favorable to our side.
  • ，战局。
    Tā shì yí wèi zī shēn jūn shì píng lùn yuán, jīng cháng fēn xī zhàn jú.
    He is a senior military commentator who often analyzes the war situation.

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zhànwar
局júsituation

The character for war specifies the kind of situation referred to.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
戈戈gē
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn战zhàn
Same sound today

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

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
句
句jù局jú
Same sound today

The shape of 局 pairs 尸, a meaning part, with 句, a sound part.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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