战死沙场 — Chinese idiom
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
Traditional: 戰死沙場
Meaning
- to die in battle
Character by character
- 战zhànwar, fighting, battle
- 死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible
- 沙shāsand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
- 场chǎngfield, open space; market, square; stage
Idioms sharing a character
- 并肩作战 bìng jiān zuò zhàn
- 南征北战 nán zhēng běi zhàn
- 孤军奋战 gū jūn fèn zhàn
- 屡战屡败 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài
- 屡败屡战 lǚ bài lǚ zhàn
- 心惊胆战 xīn jīng dǎn zhàn
- 战火纷飞 zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
- 战无不胜 zhàn wú bù shèng
- 挑灯夜战 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
- 有征无战 yǒu zhēng wú zhàn
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