戈 gē — dagger-axe (an ancient Chinese weapon); halberd; spear; lance
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Detailed explanation
- noun (象形。甲骨文字形，象一种长柄兵器形。本义:一种兵器)
- noun dagger-axe(an ancient weapon)
- noun 青铜制，盛行于商至战国时期，秦以后逐渐消失。其突出部分名援，援上下皆刃，用以横击和钩杀，勾割或啄刺敌人，因此，古代叫做勾兵或称啄兵。又如:戈殳(戈和殳。泛指兵器);戈甲(戈和铠甲。借指战争。又为兵器的统称);戈矢(戈和箭);戈矛(戈和矛)
- noun weapons e.g 干戈 戈兵
- noun war
Related words
- 戈壁 Gobi (desert); Gobi Desert; barren desert; gobi
- 戈壁滩 Gobi desert
- 干戈 weapons of war; arms; war; hostilities; conflict; fighting; arms and armor
- 倒戈 to change sides in a war; turncoat; to defect; to go over to the enemy; to mutin
- 兵戈 weapons; arms; fighting; war; hostilities; arms and armor
- 探戈 tango
- 金戈铁马 shining weapons and armored horses; (fig.) war and battle
- 反戈一击 to turn one's weapon around and strike one's own side; to defect and fight back
- 反戈 to turn one's weapon around against one's own side; to defect
- 同室操戈 to take up arms against one's own family; internal strife
- 挥戈 to brandish a spear
- 枕戈待旦 to pillow on one's weapon awaiting dawn; battle-ready