混战 (hùn zhàn) — tangled warfare; fierce battle; melee

Definition

Examples

• 这场战争演变成了一场大混战。
  Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng yǎn biàn chéng le yì chǎng dà hùn zhàn.
  This war escalated into a great melee.
• 在混战中，双方都损失惨重。
  Zài hùn zhàn zhōng, shuāng fāng dōu sǔn shī cǎn zhòng.
  In the fierce battle, both sides suffered heavy losses.
• 历史上有很多著名的混战，比如官渡之战。
  Lì shǐ shàng yǒu hěn duō zhù míng de hùn zhàn, bǐ rú guān dù zhī zhàn.
  There are many famous tangled battles in history, such as the Battle of Guandu.

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