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瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役

Guā dá ěr kǎ nà ěr Dǎo Zhàn yìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-272496ddb805df89. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

瓜達爾卡納爾島戰役 瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役 [Gua1 da2 er3 ka3 na4 er3 Dao3 Zhan4 yi4] /Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II/

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Other forms in these source records: 瓜達爾卡納爾島戰役

  • 瓜
    guā

    melon / gourd / squash / (slang) a piece of gossip

  • 达
    dá

    to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent

    Dá

    surname Da

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 卡
    kǎ

    to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhāng],片[piàn] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ]) / cassette

    qiǎ

    to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [kǎ]

  • 纳
    nà

    to receive / to accept / to enjoy / to bring into / to pay (tax etc) / nano- (one billionth) / to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

    Nà

    surname Na

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 岛
  • 战
    zhàn

    to fight / fight / war / battle

  • 役
    yì

    forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.