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戰鬥

简战斗 · 繁戰鬥

Mandarin · pinyin zhàn dòu

to fight
to engage in combat
struggle
battle
Classifier: 場 cháng, 次 cì

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战: zhàn · war, fighting, battle
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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4–4 · zhan4 dou4

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