No. 2,472 in Chinese
戰爭
War.
In a sentence
戰爭是一種不可避免的社會現象。
War is an unavoidable social phenomenon.
The context of '戰爭' in this sentence is its general meaning as 'war' or 'conflict' as a noun.
那本書描述了一場虛構的未來戰爭。
That book describes a fictional future war.
Here, '戰爭' is used to refer specifically to a particular instance of war, a concrete example rather than the general concept.
兩國之間的貿易戰爭加劇了經濟緊張。
The trade war between the two nations intensified economic tensions.
In this case, '戰爭' is used metaphorically to describe a strong confrontation or conflict, in this instance in the economic domain.
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