迎战 (yíng zhàn) — (v.o.) to confront or engage (an enemy, opponent, or challenge) head-on

Definition

迎战 means to step up and meet a challenge or opponent head-on, with a militant, determined tone — stronger than just 'face' (面对). Common in sports, business, and military contexts.

verb
(v.o.) to confront or engage (an enemy, opponent, or challenge) head-on

Examples

  • 迎战。
    Qiú duì míng tiān jiāng yíng zhàn wèi miǎn guàn jūn.
    The team will face the defending champion tomorrow.
  • 迎战,。
    Wǒ men yíng zhàn guò jǐ cì zhàn, duì duì shǒu de dǎ fǎ yǐ jīng hěn shú xi le.
    We've faced them several times in battle, so we're already familiar with their tactics.
  • ,迎战。
    Miàn duì jīng jì wēi jī, gōng sī bì xū jī jí yíng zhàn.
    Facing the economic crisis, the company must actively take it on.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

战zhànbattle

迎 'meet' and 战 'battle' together mean to meet a battle, i.e. confront an opponent.

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
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
卬
卬áng迎yíng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

迎 is made of 辶 (written fully as 辵) for the meaning and 卬 for the sound.

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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
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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