战国时代

Traditional form:

戰國時代

Pinyin (reading):

Zhànguó Shídài

Definitions:

• the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
• Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)

Characters:

• 战 - war, fighting, battle
• 国 - country, nation, state; national
• 时 - time, season; period, era, age
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

Traditional characters:

• 戰 - war, fighting, battle
• 國 - country, nation, state; national
• 時 - time, season; period, era, age
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace