中法战争
Zhōng Fǎ Zhàn zhēng
Pinyin

Definition

中法战争
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Zhōng Fǎ Zhàn zhēng
  1. Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中午
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
无法
wú fǎ
  1. 1 unable
  2. 2 incapable
法
fǎ
  1. 1 variant of 法[fǎ]
中介
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent
中共
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
中分
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle
中原
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
中场
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
中央
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)
中学
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
中庸
Zhōng yōng
  1. 1 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]
中式
Zhōng shì
  1. 1 Chinese style

Idioms (20)

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法，以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
  1. 1 to challenge the law (idiom)
  2. 2 to knowingly violate the law
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
和尚打伞，无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
  1. 1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
  2. 2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
  3. 3 lawless
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
  1. 1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
  1. 1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss

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