xuān zhàn
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  • 1

    v.declare war

    • zǒng tǒng de jǐ wèi gù wèn dān xīn xī tè lè huì xiàng měi guó xuān zhàn

      总统顾问担心希特勒美国宣战

      Some of the president's advisers feared Hitler might declare war on the United states.

    • měi guó xiàng rì běn xuān zhàn

      美国日本宣战

      USA declared a war against Japan.

  • 2

    v.(in a broad sense) launch a campaign against; fight a battle

    • tā men jì huà xiàng huāng mò xuān zhàn

      他们计划荒漠宣战

      They are planning to declare war on the wasteland.

    • tā men xiǎng ràng wǒ zuò shén me xuān zhàn ma

      他们什么宣战

      Which do they want me to do? Declare war?

    • guó huì cóng wèi zhèng shì xuān zhàn

      国会从未正式宣战

      Congress has not formally declared war.

Word usage

  • "宣" and "战" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 他们双方便达成停火协议

      The two sides reached a ceasefire agreement only three days after they declared war.

    • 德国曾经

      During World War II, Germany has declared war on Britain, America, and other countries.

    • 他们便陷入

      They fell into war after declaring it.

Chinese words with pinyin xuan zhan