挑战
Meaning
- to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
Example sentence
准备好迎接挑战吧！
Get ready to face the challenge!
Characters in 挑战
- 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole
- 战 zhàn war, battle; to fight; to tremble
挑 here tiǎo, to provoke, plus 战, a fight. Read tiāo the same character means to pick, as in 挑选.