BATTLE ARRAY  戰陣

SHAPE PRODUCED by ARMIES PREPARING for BATTLE.
Hypernym
  • SHAPEAPPEARANCE of the PLACE something is in, as PERCEIVED by the EYES, DISREGARDING the SUBJECTIVITY of the APPEARANCE.
    • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
[GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

[NOUN/VERB/PARTICLE]

1. The general term for a battle array is zhèn 陣.

[GENERAL], [NOUN!]

2. Chén 陳 refers to the making of a battle array.

[GENERAL], [VERB!]

3. Yàn háng 鴈行／雁行 "alignment of troops at the front of the battle line".

[SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

4. Yú lí 魚麗 refers to a famous way of arranging the totality of one's military forces in Spring and Autumn times. ZUO Huan 5.

[SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]; [[RARE]]

Modern Chinese Criteria
戰陣

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

    Words

    陳  zhèn OC: ɡrliŋs MC: ɖin 4 Attributions

    Zhèn 陳 refers to the making of a battle array. [GENERAL], [VERB!]

      Syntactic words
    • vi+prep+Nline up in battle array at the place NTW
    • viactline up in battle array
    陣  zhèn OC: ɡrliŋs MC: ɖin 2 Attributions

    The general term for a battle array is zhèn 陣. [GENERAL], [NOUN!]

      Syntactic words
    • n(troops in) battle array
    • nfigurativebattle array
    • vtoNarrange in battle array
    鴈  yàn OC: ŋraans MC: ŋɣan
    雁  yàn OC: ŋraans MC: ŋɣan 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nname of a military goose formation
    鴈行  yàn háng OC: ŋraans ɢaaŋ MC: ŋɣan ɦɑŋ 2 Attributions

    Yàn háng 鴈行／雁行"alignment of troops at the front of the battle line". [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

      Syntactic words
    • NPab[.adNab{ACT}]actgoose formation
    • VPiactmarch in goose formation
    魚麗  yú lì OC: ŋɡla b-reels MC: ŋi̯ɤ lei 0 Attributions

    Yú lí 魚麗 refers to a famous way of arranging the totality of one's military forces in Spring and Autumn times. ZUO Huan 5. [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}fish beauty military formation; for details ZUO Huan 5, commentary

    Existing SW for

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