chì​bì​zhī​zhàn

Battle of Red Cliff

  • created sense approved 赤壁之战/赤壁之戰 · chì​bì​zhī​zhàn · Battle of Red Cliff — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赤壁之战 / 赤壁之戰

    chì​bì​zhī​zhàn

    Battle of Red Cliff

    A decisive naval battle in 208 AD at the end of the Han Dynasty, where the allied forces of [[刘备|劉備|liu2 bei4]] and [[孙权|孫權|sun1 quan2]] defeated the much larger army of [[曹操|曹操|cao2 cao1]], leading to the [[三国|三國|san1 guo2]] period.

    赤壁 (literal) → 赤壁 · chì​bì · Red Cliffs 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 战 (literal) → 战/戰 · zhàn · war

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