争夺 (爭奪)
zhēng duó
Pinyin

Definition

争夺 (爭奪)
 - 
zhēng duó
  1. to fight over
  2. to contest
  3. to vie over

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

战争
zhàn zhēng
  1. 1 war
  2. 2 conflict
  3. 3 classifier: 场 cháng
  4. 4 classifier: 次 cì
争
zhēng
  1. 1 to strive for
  2. 2 to vie for
  3. 3 to argue or debate
  4. 4 deficient or lacking (dialect)
  5. 5 how or what (literary)
争取
zhēng qǔ
  1. 1 to fight for
  2. 2 to strive for
  3. 3 to win over
争吵
zhēng chǎo
  1. 1 to quarrel
  2. 2 dispute
争夺
zhēng duó
  1. 1 to fight over
  2. 2 to contest
  3. 3 to vie over

Idioms (20)

不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
  1. 1 lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
  2. 2 fierce rivalry
  3. 3 tug-of-war
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
  1. 1 two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
两虎相争，必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt

Sample Sentences

之前的三场是垫赛，这场是争夺拳王金腰带的重头戏。好，左勾拳，右摆拳……
zhīqián de sān chǎng shì diànsài ，zhè chǎng shì zhēngduó quánwáng jīnyāodài de zhòngtóuxì 。hǎo ，zuǒgōuquán ，yòubǎiquán ……
The three matches before were warm-up matches. This is a fight for the boxing champion's golden belt. It's going to be epic! Okay! Left uppercut! Right hook!
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