长平之战

長平之戰

Chángpíng zhī Zhàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Battle of Changping (260 BC), in which the Qin general Bai Qi destroyed the army of Zhao

Characters

long (长平, Changping)

flat (长平, Changping)

Examples

HSK 5

长平之战是秦国和赵国之间的一场大战。

Chángpíng zhī Zhàn shì Qínguó hé Zhàoguó zhījiān de yì chǎng dàzhàn.

The Battle of Changping was a great battle between Qin and Zhao.

HSK 5

长平之战以后，赵国再也没能恢复元气。

Chángpíng zhī Zhàn yǐhòu, Zhàoguó zàiyě méi néng huīfù yuánqì.

After the Battle of Changping, Zhao never recovered its strength.

Tips

culture

Zhao replaced its veteran general 廉颇 with the young 赵括, who knew the books of war by heart but had never led an army. His defeat gave the idiom 纸上谈兵 'to fight battles on paper', and tradition says the Qin general 白起 had some 400,000 Zhao prisoners buried alive.

Stroke Order

长 cháng

平 píng

之 zhī

战 zhàn