CHALLENGE  挑戰

ADDRESS someone so as DEMAND to FIGHT WITH him, OR so as to DEMAND another COURAGEOUS REACTION.
DARESUMMONTHROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET TO
Hypernym
  • ADDRESSSPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT. 
    • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
See also
  • BATTLEWARFARE in the form of FIGHTING AND USE of WEAPONS DURING A DEFINED SHORT PERIOD, AND where TYPICALLY ONE ARMY WINS.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. There is no obvious, common word for the concept of a challenge in classical Chinese. The only word I have found is zhì 致 when it refers to challenging an army to battle.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    挑戰 is the current word for a challenge of any kind, often also of a figurative kind.

    叫陣 refers in a literary way to a literal challenge to battle directed at a military enemy.

    求戰 refers in a literary and old-fashioned way to an effort at joining battle.

    搦戰 nuòzhàn refers in a general way to a challenge to fight.

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      致師  zhì shī OC: k-liɡs sril MC: ʈi ʂi 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPichallenge to battle 致楚師 "challenge the Chǔ army to battle"
      致  zhì OC: k-liɡs MC: ʈi 2 AttributionsWD

      There is no common word for the concept of a challenge in classical Chinese. The only word I have found is zhì 致 when it refers to challenging an army to battle.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNchallenge to battle 致師
      挑  tiǎo OC: ɡ-leewʔ MC: deu 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt+V[0]challenge (to battle), incite (to war)
      釁  xìn OC: qhrɯns MC: hin
      釁  xìn OC: hmrɯns MC: hin 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNchallenge; provoke

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