出战 (chū zhàn) — to go out to fight (in battle); to enter a competition; to take the field (in sports)

Definition

verb
to go out to fight (in battle)to enter a competitionto take the field (in sports)

Examples

  • 出战
    Jiāng jūn shuài lǐng shì bīng chū zhàn yíng dí.
    The general led the soldiers out to fight the enemy.
  • 出战
    Zhè wèi xuǎn shǒu míng tiān jiāng shǒu cì chū zhàn guó jì dà sài.
    This athlete will enter an international competition for the first time tomorrow.
  • 出战
    Qiú duì jué dìng yǐ zuì qiáng zhèn róng chū zhàn.
    The team decided to take the field with its strongest lineup.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

chūgo out
zhànbattle/fight

出 means to go out, and 战 denotes the battle or contest entered, giving to go out to fight.

Characters in this word

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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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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