| 淮海战役 |
Huái hǎi Zhàn yì |
Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war |
| 淮 |
Huái |
name of a river |
| 淮海 |
Huái hǎi |
Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州, including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces |
| 海 |
Hǎi |
surname Hai |
| 海 |
hǎi |
ocean / sea / CL:个,片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous |
| 海战 |
hǎi zhàn |
sea warfare; naval battle |
| 战 |
zhàn |
to fight / fight / war / battle |
| 战役 |
zhàn yì |
military campaign |
| 役 |
yì |
forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle |