斗争 (鬥爭)
dòu zhēng
Pinyin

Definition

斗争 (鬥爭)
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dòu zhēng
  1. a struggle
  2. fight
  3. battle

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

我决定了！我坚决不同意把妈送到敬老院去！最近就为这事在思想斗争，心里好像老是有个声音在朝我大吼“ 忘恩负义！”，弄得我觉都睡不好！
wǒ juédìng le ！wǒ jiānjué bùtóngyì bǎ mā sòngdào jìnglǎoyuàn qù ！zuìjìn jiù wèi zhè shì zài sīxiǎngdòuzhēng ，xīnli hǎoxiàng lǎoshi yǒu ge shēngyīn zài cháo wǒ dà hǒu “ wàngēnfùyì ！”，nòng de wǒ jiào dōu shuìbuhǎo ！
I've made up my mind! I'm determined not to send Mom to live in a retirement home. I've been doing some serious soul-searching lately. It seems like there's a voice inside me that's always shouting ''You're ungrateful!" It's gotten so I'm not even sleeping well!
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今天，是一个值得世界人民永远纪念的日子。七十年前的今天，中国人民经过长达十四年艰苦卓绝的斗争，取得了中国人民抗日战争的伟大胜利，宣告了世界反法西斯战争的完全胜利，和平的阳光再次普照大地
jīntiān ，shì yī gè zhídé shìjiè rénmín yǒngyuǎn jìniàn de rìzi 。qīshí nián qián de jīntiān ，Zhōngguó rénmín jīngguò chángdá shí sì nián jiānkù zhuójué de dòuzhēng ，qǔdé le Zhōngguó rénmín Kàng Rì Zhànzhēng de wěidà shènglì ，xuāngào le shìjiè fǎn Fǎxīsī zhànzhēng de wánquán shènglì ，hépíng de yángguāng zàicì pǔzhào dàdì
Today is a day worth remembering forever for people around the world. Seventy years ago today, the Chinese people, after persisting through fourteen long years of the trials of war, won a great victory in the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and announced an absolute victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, and the peaceful light of the sun fell once again upon the continent.
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但经过一番思想斗争之后，小尤放弃了一开始的想法，走回自己的办公桌。
dàn jīngguò yīfān sīxiǎngdòuzhēng zhīhòu ，Xiǎo Yóu fàngqì le yīkāishǐ de xiǎngfǎ ，zǒu huí zìjǐ de bàngōngzhuō 。
However, after wrestling with the issue, Xiao You abandoned her plan and went back to her own desk.
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嗯，大家为制伏伏地魔做了一系列斗争。后面几部越来越不像儿童读物了。看到校长死的时候我都哭了，哎！
ng4 ，dàjiā wèi zhìfú fúdìmó zuò le yīxìliè dòuzhēng 。hòumian jǐ bù yuèláiyuè bù xiàng értóng dúwù le 。kàndào xiàozhǎng sǐ de shíhou wǒ dōu kū le ，āi ！
Yes, everyone tried so hard to fight off Voldemort and they eventually conquered him. The later books didn't even seem like a children's story. When i saw that the principal died, I cried. Ah...
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的确是这样。不过国家设立海关缉私警察部门以后，听说反走私斗争也取得了一些阶段性的成果，上次在北京还专门举行了全国打击走私的成果展。
díquè shì zhèyàng 。bùguò guójiā shèlì hǎiguān jīsī jǐngchá bùmén yǐhòu ，tīngshuō fǎn zǒusī dòuzhēng yě qǔdé le yīxiē jiēduànxìng de chéngguǒ ，shàngcì zài Běijīng hái zhuānmén jǔxíng le quánguó dǎjī zǒusī de chéngguǒ zhǎn 。
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