临战
lín zhàn
Pinyin

Definition

临战
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lín zhàn
  1. just before the contest
  2. on the eve of war

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
来临
lái lín
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to come closer
大战
dà zhàn
  1. 1 war
  2. 2 to wage war
战
zhàn
  1. 1 to fight
  2. 2 fight
  3. 3 war
  4. 4 battle
战利品
zhàn lì pǐn
  1. 1 spoils of war
战场
zhàn chǎng
  1. 1 battlefield
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
战争
zhàn zhēng
  1. 1 war
  2. 2 conflict
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
战斗
zhàn dòu
  1. 1 to fight
  2. 2 to engage in combat
  3. 3 struggle
  4. 4 battle
  5. 5 CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
挑战
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
降临
jiàng lín
  1. 1 to descend
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come
二战
Èr zhàn
  1. 1 World War II
备战
bèi zhàn
  1. 1 prepared against war
  2. 2 to prepare for war
  3. 3 warmongering
光临
guāng lín
  1. 1 (formal) to honor with one's presence
  2. 2 to attend
内战
nèi zhàn
  1. 1 civil war
冷战
Lěng zhàn
  1. 1 (US-Soviet) Cold War
奋战
fèn zhàn
  1. 1 to fight bravely
  2. 2 (fig.) to struggle
  3. 3 to work hard
好战
hào zhàn
  1. 1 warlike
实战
shí zhàn
  1. 1 real combat
  2. 2 actual combat
对战
duì zhàn
  1. 1 to do battle (with sb)
征战
zhēng zhàn
  1. 1 campaign
  2. 2 expedition

Idioms (20)

事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
大限临头
dà xiàn lín tóu
  1. 1 facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life
  2. 2 with one foot in the grave
孤军奋战
gū jūn fèn zhàn
  1. 1 lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
居高临下
jū gāo lín xià
  1. 1 to live high and look down (idiom)
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to tower above
  4. 4 to occupy the high ground
  5. 5 fig. arrogance based on one's social position
屡战屡败
lu:3 zhàn lu:3 bài
  1. 1 to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
屡败屡战
lu:3 bài lu:3 zhàn
  1. 1 to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 doing things at the last minute
  3. 3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
心惊胆战
xīn jīng dǎn zhàn
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear
  2. 2 scared witless
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
战火纷飞
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
  1. 1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
战无不胜
zhàn wú bù shèng
  1. 1 to triumph in every battle (idiom); invincible
  2. 2 to succeed in every undertaking
战无不胜，攻无不克
zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù kè
  1. 1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
  2. 2 ever victorious
  3. 3 nothing they can't do
战无不胜，攻无不取
zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ
  1. 1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
  2. 2 ever victorious
  3. 3 nothing they can't do
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
攻无不克，战无不胜
gōng wú bù kè , zhàn wú bù shèng
  1. 1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
  2. 2 ever victorious
  3. 3 nothing they can't do
有征无战
yǒu zhēng wú zhàn
  1. 1 to win without a fight (idiom)
死到临头
sǐ dào lín tóu
  1. 1 Death is near at hand. (idiom)
沉着应战
chén zhuó yìng zhàn
  1. 1 to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)

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