to oversee combat operations
united front (abbr. for 统一战线[tǒng yī zhàn xiàn])
to request to be sent into battle; (by extension) to volunteer for a dangerous or arduous task
1.the pro-war faction2.hawks
1.psychological warfare2.psychological operations3.psyop
"Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 苏秦[sū qín]
1.battle group2.naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier
PLA commanders and fighters
(sports) opening game; opening match
1.United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD)2.abbr. for 统一战线工作部[tǒng yī zhàn xiàn gōng zuò bù]
unrestricted warfare (originally the title of a Chinese book published in 1999, later used to refer to war by any means, military or non-military, including cyberwarfare, economic warfare etc)
1.open hostilities without declaring war2.start an undeclared war
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
(military) human wave attack
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
1.civil war2.internal struggle
Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操[cáo cāo] domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 许昌[xǔ chāng] in north Henan)
to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
Pingjin 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
Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齐[qí], 楚[chǔ], 燕[yān], 韩[hán], 赵[zhào], 魏[wèi] and 秦[qín]
1.the Warring States period (475-221 BC)2.Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
1.delaying tactics2.deliberate procrastination
1.to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night2.to burn the midnight oil