Liǎng Yī Zhàn zhēngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
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Original source entry:

兩伊戰爭 两伊战争 [Liang3 Yi1 Zhan4 zheng1] /Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)/

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Other forms in these source records: 兩伊戰爭

  • 两
    liǎng

    two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)

  • 伊
    yī

    (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that / (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yī lā kè]) / (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yī lǎng])

    Yī

    surname Yi

  • 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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