抗战 kàngzhàn to resist Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents kàngzhàn to resist · War of Resistance against Japan 抗 kàng abbreviation of 抗日 kàngrì to resist Japan To resist Japanese aggression, especially during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)战 戰 zhàn noun abbreviation of 战争 戰爭 zhànzhēng war war; warfare; armed conflict between nations, groups, or classeskàngzhàn war of resistance 抗 kàng verbnoun to resist to resist; to fight against; to withstand; to counter or protect against战 戰 zhàn verb war war; warfare; battle; to fight a battle