甲申之役 jiǎshēnzhīyì Sino-French War Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 甲申 jiǎshēn jiashen The twenty-first year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle.之 zhī particle [possessive] Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.役 yì noun campaign (bound form) a battle, war, or military campaign; a major event or conflict