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阵 (Trad.: 陣)
Pinyin: zhèn
English Definition: disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration
Chinese Definition:
①[析字］(会意。从阜(fù)，从车。土山前摆满了战车。字本作“陈”。“阵”为后起字。本义：两军交战时队伍的战斗队形)。
②用本义。［例］信乃使万人先行，出背水阵。——《史记·淮阴侯传》。［例］先登陷阵。——《史记·樊哙传》。［合］阵脚(战阵的前沿阵地)；阵圆(战阵布置完毕)；阵图(作战时所摆列的军阵图形)；阵梢(战斗队列的尾端)；阵杀(军中诛杀)。
③阵地。［例］大王尝与吴人战，五战而三胜，阵卒尽矣。——《史记》。
④阵殁(在战场上死去；阵亡)；阵场(战场)；阵门(军营之门)；阵俘(战场上俘获的敌兵)；阵云(战地气氛，战阵烟云。又称“战云”)。
⑤又指战争或战斗。［例］鲜于仲通六万卒，征蛮一阵全军没。——唐·白居易《蛮子朝》。［合］阵阵赢(仗仗取胜)；叫阵；怯阵；出阵；阵败(战败)；阵率(战士)。
⑥雷阵雨来临前乌云翻滚、雷电交加的现象。［例］阵急如酣战，点粗成乱沤。——唐·李咸用《和殷衙推春霖即事》。［合］阵头雨(雷阵雨)；阵影(阵云的阴影)。
Total strokes: 7; Radical: 阜
Ideographic: A formation 阝of soldiers 车
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 阝 [ yì ] place, town, city
    • 车 [ chē ] cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
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一阵 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
阵地 zhèn dì position; front
雷阵雨 léi zhèn yǔ thunder shower
阵容 zhèn róng troop arrangement; battle formation; lineup (of a sports team etc)
阵线 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group); line of battle; alignment (towards a political party etc)
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