奋战 (fèn zhàn) — to fight bravely; to strive hard | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to fight bravelyto strive hard

Examples

奋战。
Zhàn shì men zài qián xiàn fèn zhàn.
The soldiers fight bravely on the front line.
，奋战。
Wèi le àn shí wán chéng rèn wu, dà jiā fèn zhàn le sān tiān sān yè.
In order to complete the task on time, everyone worked hard for three days and three nights.
奋战。
Tā fèn zhàn zài kē yán dì yī xiàn.
He strives hard on the front line of scientific research.

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.

奋fènvigorously

奋 (vigorously) and 战 (fight) together mean fight with full effort.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 奮; 奋 is its simplified writing.

奞田奮

奞奞xùnbird
田田tiánfield

The traditional form 奮 pairs 奞, a bird, with 田, a field, to show a bird spreading its wings to fly; the simplified 奋 is a later abbreviation.

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

占戈战

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.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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