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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

好战 [hàozhàn]
  1. 1. bellicose; warlike; aggressive
    好战分子
    bellicose (or warlike) elements

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

好战 [hàozhàn]
  1. 1. 热衷于挑起战争
    好战分子。

Examples

本性好战
be belligerent by nature
好战分子。
a belligerent political stance
好战的政治立场
The president is not a warmonger.
这位总统并非好战分子。
Militant groups are contending for control of the country.
好战分子们试图争取国家的控制权。
The warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq.
好战份子们不断鼓吹发动对伊拉克的战争。

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