lā jù zhàn

Traditional: 拉鋸戰

拉锯战 (lā jù zhàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest”.

Meanings

  1. 1to-and-fro tussle
  2. 2closely-fought contest

Characters in 拉锯战

拉lā · to pull锯jù · a saw (CL:把[ba3])战zhàn · to fight

Related words

拉to pull拉to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash拉used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]战争war; conflict挑战to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge战to fight战斗to fight战士fighter伊拉克Iraq莎拉Sara or Sarah (name)拉斯维加斯Las Vegas, Nevada战场battlefield

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