| 赤壁之战 |
Chì bì zhī Zhàn |
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 |
| 赤 |
chì |
red / scarlet / bare / naked |
| 赤壁 |
Chì bì |
Chibi, county-level city in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei / Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district 黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 |
| 壁 |
bì |
wall / rampart |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 战 |
zhàn |
to fight / fight / war / battle |