战 (zhàn) — (bound morpheme) war; battle; fight; struggle
Definition
Bound morpheme meaning 'war / battle / fight', used only in compounds like 战争, 战场, 战斗. It is not a stand-alone word in modern Chinese.
bound form
(bound morpheme) warbattlefightstruggle
Examples
- 。Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng chí xù le shí nián.This war lasted ten years.
- 。Shì bīng men zài zhàn chǎng shàng fēi cháng yǒng gǎn.The soldiers were very brave on the battlefield.
- 。Wǒ men yào jiān chí zhàn dòu dào dǐ.We must persist in fighting to the end.
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