开战

Traditional: 開戰

kāi zhàn

Dictionary entry

to start a war

What does 开战 mean?

开战 (kāi zhàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to start a war

2to make war

3to battle against

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开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 战zhànto fight · fight

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How to pronounce 开战

开战

kāi zhàn

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