淮海战役 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 淮海戰役 huáihǎizhànyì ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄧˋ Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war Character by character 淮(huái)name of a river 海(hǎi)surname Hai 战(zhàn)fight 役(yì)forced labor A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0