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太平洋战争

Tài píng Yáng Zhàn zhēngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
Sources & editorial notes

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-76c57a0175ed31e1. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

太平洋戰爭 太平洋战争 [Tai4 ping2 Yang2 Zhan4 zheng1] /Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 太平洋戰爭

  • 太
    tài

    highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

  • 平
    píng

    flat / level / smooth / to make even / to level / equal / on the same level / (bound form) fair / impartial / to tie / to draw / (bound form) average / ordinary / (bound form) calm / peaceful / (bound form) to quell / to suppress / to put down / (abbr. for 平聲|平声[píng shēng]) / (coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米[píng fāng mǐ])

    Píng

    surname Ping

  • 洋
    yáng

    ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin

  • 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)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.