瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役
Traditional form:
瓜達爾卡納爾島戰役
Pinyin (reading):
Guādá'ěrkǎnà'ěr Dǎo Zhànyì
Definitions:
- Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II
Characters:
- 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 达 - to reach, to arrive at; intelligent
- 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
- 卡 - card, punch card; calorie
- 纳 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
- 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
- 岛 - island
- 战 - war, fighting, battle
- 役 - servant, laborer; service; to serve
Traditional characters:
- 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 達 - to reach, to arrive at; intelligent
- 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
- 卡 - card, punch card; calorie
- 納 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
- 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
- 島 - island
- 戰 - war, fighting, battle
- 役 - servant, laborer; service; to serve