官渡之战

Traditional form:

官渡之戰

Pinyin (reading):

Guāndùzhī Zhàn

Definitions:

• Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 ( Cáo Cāo) domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌／许昌 ( Xǔchāng) in north Henan)

Characters:

• 官 - official, public servant
• 渡 - to cross, to ferry over, to pass through
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 战 - war, fighting, battle

Traditional characters:

• 官 - official, public servant
• 渡 - to cross, to ferry over, to pass through
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 戰 - war, fighting, battle