zhàn zhēng
war; warfare
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战争年代，人们的生活很艰苦。
zhànzhēng niándài, rénmen de shēnghuó hěn jiānkǔ.
During the war, people's lives were very hard.
我们应该珍惜和平，反对战争。
wǒmen yīnggāi zhēnxí héping, fǎnduì zhànzhēng.
We should cherish peace and oppose war.
战争给人类带来了巨大的灾难。
zhànzhēng gěi rénlèi dài lái le jùdà de zāinàn.
War has brought great disasters to mankind.
和平 (hé píng)
peace
安定 (ān dìng)
stability
The Chinese word 战争 (zhànzhēng) for "war" is composed of two characters: 战 (zhàn) and 争 (zhēng). The character 战 originally meant "to fight" or "to engage in battle", and it is composed of the radical 止 (zhǐ) meaning "to stop" and the phonetic component 戈 (gē) meaning "spear". The character 争 originally meant "to compete" or "to strive for something", and it is composed of the radical 力 (lì) meaning "strength" and the phonetic component 爭 (zhēng) meaning "to fight". When combined, the two characters 战 and 争 form the word 战争, which refers to a large-scale armed conflict between two or more parties.
