阵

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disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A formation 阝of soldiers 车

Components 阝车

battle formation · Heisig RSH #1066

pinnacle + 车 car

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一小阵儿	yī xiǎo zhèn r	very brief period of time
点阵式打印机	diǎn zhèn shì dǎ yìn jī	(computing) dot matrix printer
人民阵线	rén mín zhèn xiàn	(politics) popular front
点阵打印机	diǎn zhèn dǎ yìn jī	(computing) dot matrix printer
解放巴勒斯坦人民阵线	Jiě fàng Bā lè sī tǎn Rén mín Zhèn xiàn	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
点阵字体	diǎn zhèn zì tǐ	bitmap font (computer)
一阵子	yī zhèn zi	a while; a spell; a short time; a burst
打头阵	dǎ tóu zhèn	to take the lead
桑地诺民族解放阵线	Sāng dì nuò Mín zú Jiě fàng Zhèn xiàn	Sandinista National Liberation Front
自乱阵脚	zì luàn zhèn jiǎo	(idiom) to lose one's head; to panic; to go to pieces
烟花阵	yān huā zhèn	brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
转移阵地	zhuǎn yí zhèn dì	to move one's base (of operations); to reposition; to relocate
阵子	zhèn zi	period of time
一阵	yī zhèn	a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
阵地	zhèn dì	(military) position; front
上阵	shàng zhèn	to go into battle
阵亡战士纪念日	zhèn wáng zhàn shì jì niàn rì	Memorial Day (American holiday)
阵风	zhèn fēng	gust
摆龙门阵	bǎi lóng mén zhèn	(dialect) to chat; to gossip; to spin a yarn
点阵	diǎn zhèn	lattice; dot matrix; bitmap