战乱 (zhàn luàn) — chaos and turmoil of war; war-torn conditions | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

chaos and turmoil of warwar-torn conditions

Examples

战乱。
Zhè chǎng zhàn luàn ràng wú shù rén liú lí shī suǒ.
This war chaos left countless people displaced.
战乱，。
Nà ge guó jiā jīng lì le cháng qī de zhàn luàn, jīng jì shí fēn luò hòu.
That country experienced long-term war turmoil, and its economy is very backward.
，战乱。
Rén mín kě wàng hé píng, bú yuàn zài shēng huó zài zhàn luàn zhōng.
The people long for peace and don't want to live in war chaos anymore.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

乱luànturmoil

The two parts 战 and 乱 both point to war and turmoil, together meaning its chaotic conditions.

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.

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.

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 亂; 乱 is its simplified writing.

𤔔乚亂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

乚Written in full as乙yǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

𤔔

𤔔𤔔亂luàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 亂 contains 𤔔, a drawing of combing tangled threads, and 乙; the simplified 乱 is only a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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