两队打了场硬仗。

The two teams fought very hard.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
2 duì
  1. squadron
  2. team
  3. group

classifier:

=3
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr.
=3
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 sǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 diànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 zhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 shǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 hòu "since then")
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
=5 cháng
  1. threshing floor
  2. classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
=5 chǎng
  1. large place used for a specific purpose
  2. stage
  3. scene (of a play)
  4. classifier for sporting or recreational activities
  5. classifier for number of exams
=5 cháng variant of cháng
=5 chǎng variant of chǎng
=5 shāng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) loose soil; soil that has been tilled
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mound created by creatures like ants or moles
  3. loose soil; soil that has been tilled
  4. mound created by creatures like ants or moles
6 硬仗 yìngzhàng tough battle; difficult task; big challenge