赤壁之战 in English Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu
  • famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]

Simplified Characters

赤 壁 之 战

Traditional Characters

赤 壁 之 戰

Pinyin

Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

赤chi4red 壁bi4wall 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 战zhan4to fight