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干戈

gān gē

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

干戈 (gān gē) means "weapons of war; arms". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 干戈 means

1. weapons of war
2. arms

The characters in 干戈

• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 戈gēdagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞; (Taiwan) abbr. for 戈雷

Words containing 干戈

• 大动干戈dà dòng gān gēlit. to go to war (idiom); fig. to make a big fuss over sth
• 化干戈为玉帛huà gān gē wéi yù bólit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)…

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