陆战 (lù zhàn) — land battle; ground combat

Definition

陆战 (lùzhàn) means land battle / ground combat — warfare fought on land, as opposed to naval (海战) or air (空战) warfare. The 注音 'liù' is a data error; the correct reading is lùzhàn.

noun
land battleground combat

Examples

  • 陆战
    Dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn zhōng fā shēng le duō cì dà guī mó lù zhàn.
    Many large-scale land battles occurred during World War II.
  • 陆战
    Tā shì yì míng lù zhàn zhuān jiā, zhuān mén yán jiū xiàn dài zhuāng jiǎ bù duì de zhàn shù.
    He is a land battle expert specializing in modern armored unit tactics.
  • 陆战
    Yǔ hǎi zhàn xiāng bǐ, lù zhàn de zhàn chǎng huán jìng gèng jiā fù zá duō biàn.
    Compared to naval warfare, the battlefield environment of land battles is more complex and changeable.

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.

land
zhànbattle

陆 names land, 战 names battle; together they mean fighting on land.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陸; 陆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Written in full as
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

The traditional form 陸 uses 阝 (written in full as 阜) for the meaning and 坴 for the sound; the simplified 陆 is a later shorthand.

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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
zhànzhàn
Same sound today

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

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