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混戰

简混战 · 繁混戰

Mandarin · pinyin hùn zhàn

chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee
to join in such fighting

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混: hùn · to mix, blend, mingle; to bumble along
戰: Look up this written character
战: zhàn · war, fighting, battle

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4–4 · hun4 zhan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wan6 zin3

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noun

tangled warfare; chaotic warfare; incessant fighting

verb

(literary) to fight without any unified strategy; to fight in confused fighting; to be in total disarray; to have a battle in which every man is fighting for himself

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