| 淮海战役 | Huái hǎi zhàn yì | Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-May 1949) |
烽烟四起，
战火纷飞 | fēng yān sì qǐ ,
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi | lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war |
| 无名战士墓 | wú míng zhàn shì mù | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| 无名战死 | wú míng zhàn sǐ | the unknown soldier (symbolizing war dead) |
| 争战 | zhēng zhàn | fight |
| 狂战士 | kuáng zhàn shì | berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character) |
| 独立战争 | dú lì zhàn zhēng | war of independence |
| 玫瑰战争 | méi guī zhàn zhēng | The Wars of the Roses |
| 瓜达卡纳尔战役 | Guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì | battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific |
生命不息，
战斗不止 | shēng mìng bù xī ,
zhàn dòu bù zhǐ | while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last |
| 生物战 | shēng wù zhàn | germ warfare; biological warfare |
| 生物战剂 | shēng wù zhàn jì | biological agent; biological warfare agent |
| 甲级战犯 | jiǎ jí zhàn fàn | a grade A war criminal |
| 白色战剂 | bái sè zhàn jì | Agent White |
| 白衣战士 | bái yī zhàn shì | warrior in white; medical worker |
| 百团大战 | Bǎi tuán Dà zhàn | Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists |
| 百战不殆 | bǎi zhàn bù dài | to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War 孙子兵法); to win every fight |
| 皖系战败 | Wǎn xì zhàn bài | Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 with Japanese support |
| 直皖战争 | Zhí Wǎn zhàn zhēng | war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government |
知己知彼，
百战不殆 | zhī jǐ zhī bǐ ,
bǎi zhàn bù dài | Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War 孙子兵法). |
知彼知己，
百战不殆 | zhī bǐ zhī jǐ ,
bǎi zhàn bù dài | Knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War). |
| 空战 | kōng zhàn | air war; air warfare |
| 笔战 | bǐ zhàn | written polemics |
| 细菌战 | xì jūn zhàn | biological warfare; germ warfare |
| 终战 | zhōng zhàn | end of war; armistice; cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
| 终战日 | zhōng zhàn rì | armistice day; cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
| 统一战线工作部 | tǒng yī zhàn xiàn gōng zuò bù | United front work department of CPC central committee, UFWD |
| 统战部 | tǒng zhàn bù | United front work department of CPC central committee, UFWD; abbr. for 统一战线工作部 |
| 美国独立战争 | Měi guó dú lì zhàn zhēng | American war of independence (1775-1783) |
| 圣战 | shèng zhàn | Holy war; jihad |
| 肉搏战 | ròu bó zhàn | hand to hand struggle or battle |
| 背水一战 | bèi shuǐ yī zhàn | lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die |
| 胆战 | dǎn zhàn | to tremble with fear |
| 临战 | lín zhàn | just before the contest; on the eve of war |
| 舌战 | shé zhàn | verbal sparring; duel of words |
| 航空母舰战斗群 | háng kōng mǔ jiàn zhàn dòu qún | carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG); naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier |
| 蒋桂战争 | Jiǎng Guì zhàn zhēng | confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction |
| 萨尔浒之战 | Sà ěr hǔ zhī zhàn | Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努尔哈赤 crushed four Ming armies |
| 护国战 | hù guó zhàn | National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor |
| 护国战争 | hù guó zhàn zhēng | National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor |
| 护法战争 | hù fǎ zhàn zhēng | National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor |
| 贸易战 | mào yì zhàn | trade war |
| 赎罪日战争 | Shú zuì rì zhàn zhēng | the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors |
| 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 |
| 越南战争 | Yuè nán zhàn zhēng | Vietnam war; Vietnam conflict |
| 越战 | Yuè zhàn | Vietnam War |
| 军阀混战 | jūn fá hùn zhàn | incessant fighting between warlords |
| 转战千里 | zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ | fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country; never-ending struggle |
| 迎战 | yíng zhàn | to meet the enemy head-on |
| 迎接挑战 | yíng jiē tiǎo zhàn | to meet a challenge |
