| 楚汉战争 |
Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng |
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 项羽 of Chu |
| 楚 |
Chǔ |
surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC) |
| 楚 |
chǔ |
distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) |
| 汉 |
Hàn |
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 汉 |
hàn |
man |
| 战 |
zhàn |
to fight / fight / war / battle |
| 战争 |
zhàn zhēng |
war; conflict / CL:场,次 |
| 争 |
zhēng |
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) |