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喧嘩 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brawl noun A rough, disorderly fight or argument, usually involving several people.
  • fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.

Senses

喧嘩 is used for these senses in English:

  • brawl A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
  • fight A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
  • fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

brawl — full definition

  1. noun A rough, disorderly fight or argument, usually involving several people.
  2. verb To take part in a rowdy fight or noisy quarrel.

fight — full definition

  1. verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  2. verb To struggle or campaign strongly for or against something.
  3. noun An instance of physical combat or a violent confrontation.
  4. noun A conflict, argument, or contest, not necessarily physical.
  5. noun The determination or spirit needed to keep struggling.

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