Bǎ értóng dāng réndùn shì yánzhòng de zhànzhēng zuì.
Using children as human shields is a serious war crime.
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人 'person' + 盾 'shield' = a person used as a shield. Direct calque of the English term. The same 盾 appears in 矛盾 (máodùn, 'contradiction' — literally 'spear and shield').
