长平

長平
Chángpíng
Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 长 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
=1 长 zhǎng
  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance
2 平 píng
  1. flat
  2. level
  3. equal
  4. to tie (make the same score)
  5. to draw (score)
  6. calm
  7. peaceful
  8. abbr. for 平声 píngshēng

Containing this entry

长平之战 Chángpíngzhī Zhàn Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦军 Qínjūn encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000