挑
战

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The word 挑战 is formed through the direct and evocative combination of two characters: 挑, which means "to provoke", "to stir up", or "to pick up (as a burden)", and 战, which means "battle", "war", or "to fight". Together, they create a powerful conceptual metaphor where a difficult task or opponent is visually and semantically framed as a "provoked battle" or a "picked-up fight", instantly conveying the sense of actively confronting and engaging with a difficulty rather than merely encountering it.

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我勇敢地面对挑战。

Wǒ yǒnggǎn de miànduì tiǎozhàn.

I bravely face the challenge.

我们的团队准备迎接新的挑战。

Wǒmen de tuánduì zhǔnbèi yíngjiē xīn de tiǎozhàn.

Our team is ready to meet new challenges.

攀登这座山峰是一项巨大的体能挑战。

Pāndēng zhè zuò shānfēng shì yí xiàng jùdà de tǐnéng tiǎozhàn.

Climbing this mountain is a tremendous physical challenge.

现代社会给我们带来了许多前所未有的挑战。

Xiàndài shèhuì gěi wǒmen dàiláile xǔduō qiánsuǒwèiyǒu de tiǎozhàn.

Modern society has brought us many unprecedented challenges.

如何平衡技术进步与伦理风险，是全人类共同面临的严峻挑战。

Rúhé pínghéng jìshù jìnbù yǔ lúnlǐ fēngxiǎn, shì quán rénlèi gòngtóng miànlín de yánjùn tiǎozhàn.

How to balance technological advancement with ethical risks is a severe challenge faced by all of humanity.

Word Definition - 挑战

tiǎo zhàn to challenge; challenge

Individual Character Details

挑 tiāo, tiǎo
战 zhàn