两虎相争 (兩虎相爭)
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
Pinyin
Definition
两虎相争 (兩虎相爭)
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- two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一脉相承
- 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不打不成相识
- 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship