Memory phrase for the character: 战

战

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Meaning to fight, war, battle

Pronunciation

zhàn

Explanation

Left: divine/fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told), right: halberd 戈

Mnemonic
 
After the divination, the halberd was taken: to fight.

Radicals

占 divineIt is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.
戈 halberd
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 Vocabulary

战后 zhàn hòu  after the war; post-war
统一战线 tǒng yī zhàn xiàn  united front
战俘 zhàn fú  prisoner of war
战栗 zhàn lì  to tremble; shudder
赎罪日战争 Shú zuì rì zhàn zhēng  the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
战壕 zhàn háo  trench warfare
战壕热 zhàn háo rè  trench fever
战战兢兢 zhàn zhàn jīng jīng  trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation
战战兢兢 zhàn zhàn jīng jīng  trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation
战兢兢 zhàn jīng jīng  shaking with fear
知彼知己，百战不殆 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài  Knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War).
知彼知己，百战不殆 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài  

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