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The word 坦克 is formed through phonetic borrowing from English, specifically representing the sound of the word "tank". The characters 坦 (tǎn) and 克 (kè) were selected not for their individual meanings ("flat" and "overcome", respectively) but because their combined pronunciation closely approximates the foreign term for the military vehicle. This is a standard method in Chinese for creating words for imported concepts, where the written form captures the sound while the meaning is entirely assigned to this new combined term.
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这辆坦克在战场上。
坦克是陆军的重要装备。
现代坦克配备了先进的火控系统。
在演习中，那辆新型坦克展示了强大的越野能力。
尽管反坦克武器不断发展，但主战坦克仍是地面突击的核心力量。