海湾战争

海灣戰爭

Hǎiwān Zhànzhēng

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 6

海湾战争爆发于一九九一年。

Hǎiwān Zhànzhēng bàofā yú yījiǔjiǔyī nián.

The Gulf War broke out in 1991.

HSK 6

海湾战争结束后，科威特的很多油井还在燃烧。

Hǎiwān Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, Kēwēitè de hěnduō yóujǐng hái zài ránshāo.

After the Gulf War ended, many of Kuwait's oil wells were still burning.

usage

海湾 'gulf, bay' here means the Persian Gulf, 波斯湾. The 1980–1988 war between Iran and Iraq is 两伊战争, and the war of 2003 is 伊拉克战争.

海 hǎi

湾 wān

战 zhàn

争 zhēng