Table 1 Battle-words that collocate with the character 疫 in the L5/R5 range.

From: Framing Covid-19 reporting in the Macau Daily News using metaphors and gain/loss prospects: a war for collective gains

 

pinyin

gloss in English

co-occurrences

candidates

T-scorea

LogDiceb

zhàn

war, battle

27

33

5.116

6.708

戰疫 /“疫’”

zhànyì

fight (the) pandemic

23

23

4.725

6.477

戰勝

zhànshèng

win, overcome

21

22

4.522

6.347

挑戰

tiǎozhàn

challenge

19

87

4.108

6.191

戰略

zhànlüè

strategies

6

19

2.352

4.540

持久戰

chíjiǔ zhàn

protracted war

7

8

2.608

4.764

保衛戰

bǎowèi zhàn

defensive war

5

5

2.208

4.279

阻擊戰

zǔjí zhàn

blocking battle

5

5

2.208

4.279

戰役

zhànyì

campaign, battle

3

6

1.688

3.542

total

  

99

191

  
  1. a T-score measures the frequency of the collocations.
  2. b LogDice indicates the typicality of the collocations. (https://www.sketchengine.eu/documentation/statistics-used-in-sketch-engine/).