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長平之戰

简长平之战 · 繁長平之戰

Mandarin · pinyin Cháng píng zhī Zhàn

Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍 Qín jūn encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
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长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
战: zhàn · war, fighting, battle

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2–2–1–4 · Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4

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coeng4 ping4 zi1 zin3

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