争斗 (爭鬥)
zhēng dòu
Pinyin

Definition

争斗 (爭鬥)
 - 
zhēng dòu
  1. struggle
  2. war

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奋斗
fèn dòu
  1. 1 to strive
  2. 2 to struggle
战争
zhàn zhēng
  1. 1 war
  2. 2 conflict
  3. 3 classifier: 场 cháng
  4. 4 classifier: 次 cì
战斗
zhàn dòu
  1. 1 to fight
  2. 2 to engage in combat
  3. 3 struggle
  4. 4 battle
  5. 5 classifier: 场 cháng
  6. 6 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

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
二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
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

Sample Sentences

告诉你社会就好比一个丛林，你身边有无尽的争斗和猜忌，匕首和陷阱，
gàosu nǐ shèhuì jiù hǎobǐ yī ge cónglín ，nǐ shēnbiān yǒu wújìn de zhēngdòu hé cāijì ，bǐshǒu hé xiànjǐng ，
telling you that society is like a jungle, you have endless battles and suspicions, daggers and traps.
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