战备 (戰備)
zhàn bèi
Pinyin

Definition

战备 (戰備)
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zhàn bèi
  1. war preparation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
刘备
Liú Bèi
  1. 1 Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
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

Idioms (20)

乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to take sb by surprise
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
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

Sample Sentences

自古以来，中国人往往用军营的秩序来观察一支军队的战备能力，古有细柳营今有朱日和同样壁垒森严，同样卧虎藏龙
zìgǔyǐlái ，Zhōngguó rén wǎngwǎng yòng jūnyíng de zhìxù lái guānchá yī Zhī jūnduì de zhànbèi nénglì ，gǔ yǒu Xìliúyíng jīn yǒu Zhūrìhé tóngyàng bìlěisēnyán ，tóngyàng wòhǔcánglóng
From ancient times, Chinese people have used the order of battle camps to observe a troops readiness for battle. As in the olden days there was the Xiliu Camp, now there is Zhurihe, both strongly fortified, both conceal hidden talents.
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古巴、巴西以及我国的雷达最新监控显示，法国的核潜艇于昨日凌晨突然在其活动海域消失。我们分析法国是想掠夺南美，特别是委内瑞拉的石油资源。我国已经进入一级战备状态，请求各盟国军事支援。
Gǔbā 、Bāxī yǐjí wǒguó de léidá zuìxīn jiānkòng xiǎnshì ，Fǎguó de hé qiántǐng yú zuórì língchén tūrán zài qí huódònghǎiyù xiāoshī 。wǒmen fēnxī Fǎguó shì xiǎng lüèduó Nánměi ，tèbié shì Wěinèiruìlā de shíyóuzīyuán 。wǒguó yǐjīng jìnrù yījí zhànbèi zhuàngtài ，qǐngqiú gè méngguó jūnshì zhīyuán 。
Our latest radar reports, plus reports from Cuba and Brazil, indicate that a French nuclear submarine suddenly disappeared from its area of activity in the early morning yesterday. Our analysis indicates that France wants to seize South America, especially Venezuela's oil resources. We're already on Level I alert, and we've requested military support from all our allies.
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