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直皖战争

Zhí Wǎn zhàn zhēngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
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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-43d5132272110fc9. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

直皖戰爭 直皖战争 [Zhi2 Wan3 zhan4 zheng1] /war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government/

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Other forms in these source records: 直皖戰爭

  • 直
    zhí

    straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

    Zhí

    surname Zhi / Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God

  • 皖
    Wǎn

    short name for Anhui 安徽[Ān huī]

  • 战
    zhàn

    to fight / fight / war / battle

  • 争
    zhēng

    to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)

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