打仗 dǎzhàng to fight a battle
to fight a battle; to go to war
How to remember 打仗: 打 hit + 仗 to rely upon = to fight a battle.
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How it is used
- To fight a war / go to battle: 打仗的年代 (dǎzhàng de niándài) wartime years.
- Colloquial verb-object for waging war (can split: 打了三年仗).
- Compare formal 战争 (war as a noun); 打仗 is the everyday 'to fight a war.'