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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
战死沙场
(idiom) to die in battle
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) to die in battle
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 战死沙场 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 战死沙场 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 战死沙场.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 战死沙场.
Directly before
- 他战死沙场1
- 军人战死沙场1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 战死沙场
What does 战死沙场 mean in Chinese?
战死沙场 (zhànsǐshāchǎng) means (idiom) to die in battle.
How do you pronounce 战死沙场?
战死沙场 is pronounced zhànsǐshāchǎng.
Is 战死沙场 an HSK word?
战死沙场 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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