停火 (tíng huǒ) — to cease fire, to stop fighting

Definition

Examples

• 双方终于达成协议，宣布停火。
  Shuāng fāng zhōng yú dá chéng xié yì, xuān bù tíng huǒ.
  The two sides finally reached an agreement and declared a ceasefire.
• 那次冲突只停了两天的火就重新开始了。
  Nà cì chōng tū zhī tíng le liǎng tiān de huǒ jiù chóng xīn kāi shǐ le.
  That conflict only had a two-day ceasefire before it started again.
• 联合国呼吁冲突各方立即停火。
  Lián hé guó hū yù chōng tū gè fāng lì jí tíng huǒ.
  The United Nations calls on all parties to the conflict to cease fire immediately.