粵

戰zin3事si6

simp战事
zin3 si6zhàn shì

English

  1. war
  2. war; battle; an engagement where victory is decided by soldiers, weapons, and strategy
  3. hostilities
  4. fighting

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用士兵、武器同策略分出勝負嘅活動(量詞:場)

Examples

  • 戰事擴大

    battles/military conflicts are escalating

  • 戰事頻仍

    battles take place frequently

  • 戰事爆發之後,我就離開咗情況混亂嘅上海喇。

    After the war broke out, I fled the chaos that was Shanghai.

  • 埃里希馬里亞雷馬克所寫的小說"西線無戰事"已被翻譯成超過五十種語言。

    The novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque has been translated into more than fifty languages.

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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