争霸 (爭霸)
zhēng bà
Pinyin
Definition
争霸 (爭霸)
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- to contend for hegemony
- a power struggle
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 the Way of the Hegemon
- 2 abbr. for 霸王之道
- 3 despotic rule
- 4 rule by might
- 5 evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道
- 6 overbearing
- 7 tyranny
- 8 (of liquor, medicine etc) strong
- 9 potent
- 1 evil tyrant
- 1 to contend for hegemony
- 2 a power struggle
- 1 lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon
- 2 to take a leading role
- 3 to build a personal fiefdom
Idioms (2)
独霸一方
- 1 to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
- 2 to hold as one's personal fiefdom
霸王硬上弓
- 1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
- 2 to rape
Sample Sentences
你好,两张四点二十分的星际争霸。
Hello, two 4:20 tickets for Star Craft.
不为什么,我跟西施是一个老家的,浙江诸暨。还有,你想想,西施从一个村姑到后来成为吴越争霸的关键人物,这和她的天姿国色肯定是分不开的。要知道,她可是有沉鱼之美啊!
There's no why. Xi Shi and I share the same hometown: Zhuji in Zhejiang. Also, think about it. Xi Shi rose from a poor peasant girl to become a key figure during the warring Wu Yue period. This goes hand in hand with her unsurpassed beauty. She was so beautiful that she made the fish themselves sink, you know!
好久没玩网络游戏了,昨天一上网,发现游戏有了天翻地覆的变化。以前玩的“雷神之锤”,“星际争霸”,现在都没人玩了。现在热门的“仙境”,“凯旋”,我还是第一次听说。
It's been a long time since I played online games. Last night, as soon as I got online, I discovered that the gaming world has changed completely! Nobody plays stuff like ''Quake" and ''Starcraft." anymore. These days, the hottest games these are ''Ragnarok” and "Sephiroth''. This was the first time I'd heard of them.