| 甲午战争 |
Jiǎ wǔ Zhàn zhēng |
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) |
| 甲 |
jiǎ |
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° |
| 甲午 |
jiǎ wǔ |
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 |
| 午 |
wǔ |
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) |
| 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) |