reluctant to leave a battle; eager to keep fighting
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to be eager to keep fighting; to be reluctant to quit a battle
Most often used in the negative (e.g., 无心恋战, 不敢恋战) to describe a lack of desire to continue fighting, either literally in war or metaphorically in competitions or struggles.
Dí敌
jūn军
shāng伤
wáng亡
cǎn惨
zhòng重
，
yǐ已
wú无
xīn心
liàn恋
zhàn战
，
fēn纷
fēn纷
chè撤
tuì退
。
The enemy suffered heavy casualties, had no heart to keep fighting, and retreated one after another.
Qiú球
duì队
dà大
bǐ比
fēn分
luò落
hòu后
，
duì队
yuán员
men们
sì似
hū乎
wú无
xīn心
liàn恋
zhàn战
le了
。
The team was far behind in the score, and the players seemed to have lost the will to fight on.
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Tā他
zhī知
dào道
shí实
lì力
xuán悬
shū殊
，
bù不
gǎn敢
liàn恋
zhàn战
，
xún寻
jī机
tuō脱
shēn身
。
Knowing the disparity in strength was too great, he dared not prolong the fight and looked for a chance to escape.
Zhè这
chǎng场
shāng商
yè业
jìng竞
zhēng争
，
rú如
guǒ果
duì对
fāng方
wú无
xīn心
liàn恋
zhàn战
，
wǒ我
men们
jiù就
róng容
yì易
qǔ取
shèng胜
。
In this business competition, if the other side has no desire to keep fighting, we can win easily.