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zhēng
HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  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)

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Words Containing 争

争霸
zhēng bà

to contend for hegemony

争议
zhēng yì

controversy

明争暗斗
míng zhēng àn dòu

(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly

争气
zhēng qì

to work hard for sth

争辩
zhēng biàn

a dispute

人民战争
rén mín zhàn zhēng

people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign

竞争产品
jìng zhēng chǎn pǐn

competitive product

反右派斗争
fǎn yòu pài dòu zhēng

Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of \rightists\ after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957

克里木战争
kè lǐ mù zhàn zhēng

the Crimean War (1853-1856)

丙子战争
bǐng zǐ zhàn zhēng

second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)

争球线
zhēng qiú xiàn

scrimmage line (American football)

龙争虎斗
lóng zhēng hǔ dòu

lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants

抗争
kàng zhēng

to resist

公平竞争
gōng píng jìng zhēng

fair competition

两伊战争
liǎng yī zhàn zhēng

Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)

鸦片战争
yā piàn zhàn zhēng

the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861

市场竞争
shì chǎng jìng zhēng

market competition

侵略战争
qīn lüe4 zhàn zhēng

war of aggression

争面子
zhēng miàn zi

to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc)

楚汉战争
chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng

Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu

争得
zhēng dé

to obtain by an effort

争执
zhēng zhí

to dispute

力争上游
lì zhēng shàng yóu

to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result

解决争端
jiě jué zhēng duān

to settle a dispute

相争
xiāng zhēng

to vie against one another

争相
zhēng xiāng

to fall over each other in their eagerness to...

六日战争
liù rì zhàn zhēng

the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors

力争
lì zhēng

to work hard for

竞争者
jìng zhēng zhě

competitor

你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó

lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter

争夺
zhēng duó

to fight over

蒋桂战争
jiǎng guì zhàn zhēng

confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction

不正当竞争
bù zhèng dàng jìng zhēng

unfair competition

争吵
zhēng chǎo

to quarrel

争分夺秒
zhēng fēn duó miǎo

lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time

丁卯战争
dīng mǎo zhàn zhēng

first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)

竞争模式
jìng zhēng mó shì

competition model

争宠
zhēng chǒng

to strive for favor

争取
zhēng qǔ

to fight for

两国相争,不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ

when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)

反恐战争
fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng

war on terrorism

战争
zhàn zhēng

war

布匿战争
bù nì zhàn zhēng

the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage

竞争
jìng zhēng

to compete

争取时效
zhēng qǔ shí xiào

to strive to get sth done while the timing is right

战争罪
zhàn zhēng zuì

war crime

争衡
zhēng héng

to struggle for mastery

朝鲜战争
cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng

Korean War (1950-1953)

百花齐放,百家争鸣
bǎi huā qí fàng , bǎi jiā zhēng míng

a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956

日俄战争
rì é zhàn zhēng

the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan

正义斗争
zhèng yì dòu zhēng

righteous struggle

争论
zhēng lùn

to argue

争鸣
zhēng míng

to contend

楚汉相争
chǔ hàn xiāng zhēng

see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng]

普法战争
pǔ fǎ zhàn zhēng

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

竞争对手
jìng zhēng duì shǒu

rival

护国战争
hù guó zhàn zhēng

National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] as emperor

斗争性
dòu zhēng xìng

assertiveness

争执不下
zhēng zhí bù xià

to quarrel endlessly

分争
fēn zhēng

to dispute

争论点
zhēng lùn diǎn

contention

蚁斗蜗争
yǐ dòu wō zhēng

lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling

争议性
zhēng yì xìng

controversial

国际战争罪法庭
guó jì zhàn zhēng zuì fǎ tíng

International war crimes tribunal

与世无争
yǔ shì wú zhēng

to stand aloof from worldly affairs

抗日战争
kàng rì zhàn zhēng

(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)

争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn

lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom)

争战
zhēng zhàn

fight

争取时间
zhēng qǔ shí jiān

to act with urgency

中法战争
zhōng fǎ zhàn zhēng

Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)

直接竞争
zhí jiē jìng zhēng

direct competitor

只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī

(idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time

内部斗争
nèi bù dòu zhēng

internal power struggle

触斗蛮争
chù dòu mán zhēng

constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats

辩争
biàn zhēng

to argue

分秒必争
fēn miǎo bì zhēng

seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose

争夺战
zhēng duó zhàn

struggle

护法战争
hù fǎ zhàn zhēng

National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor

只争旦夕
zhǐ zhēng dàn xī

see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī]

不争
bù zhēng

widely known

两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng

two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries

论争
lùn zhēng

argument

百家争鸣
bǎi jiā zhēng míng

a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC

竞争力
jìng zhēng lì

competitive strength

争名夺利
zhēng míng duó lì

to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth

国内战争
guó nèi zhàn zhēng

civil war

甲午战争
jiǎ wǔ zhàn zhēng

First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)

反袁斗争
fǎn yuán dòu zhēng

war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic

赎罪日战争
shú zuì rì zhàn zhēng

the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors

争光
zhēng guāng

to win an honor

不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì

not to be crushed (idiom)

两虎相争,必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng

if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)

阶级斗争
jiē jí dòu zhēng

class struggle

越南战争
yuè nán zhàn zhēng

Vietnam War (1955-1975)

争雄
zhēng xióng

to contend for supremacy

海湾战争
hǎi wān zhàn zhēng

(Persian) Gulf War

权力纷争
quán lì fēn zhēng

power struggle

美国独立战争
měi guó dú lì zhàn zhēng

American War of Independence (1775-1783)

争先
zhēng xiān

to compete to be first

直皖战争
zhí wǎn zhàn zhēng

war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government

独立战争
dú lì zhàn zhēng

war of independence

息争
xī zhēng

to settle a dispute

争臣
zhēng chén

minister not afraid to give forthright criticism

争购
zhēng gòu

to compete

太平洋战争
tài píng yáng zhàn zhēng

Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945

星际争霸
xīng jì zhēng bà

StarCraft (video game series)

中越战争
zhōng yuè zhàn zhēng

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

不争气
bù zhēng qì

to be disappointing

争先恐后
zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

争持
zhēng chí

to refuse to concede

正邪相争
zhèng xié xiāng zhēng

term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zhèng qì] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xié qì]

争强好胜
zhēng qiáng hào shèng

competitive

权力斗争
quán lì dòu zhēng

power struggle

争锋
zhēng fēng

to strive

争端
zhēng duān

dispute

争妍斗艳
zhēng yán dòu yàn

contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc)

解放战争
jiě fàng zhàn zhēng

War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石

争风吃醋
zhēng fēng chī cù

to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman

无争议
wú zhēng yì

uncontroversial

郑人争年
zhèng rén zhēng nián

Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom)

争斤论两
zhēng jīn lùn liǎng

to haggle over every ounce (idiom)

争讼
zhēng sòng

dispute involving litigation

玫瑰战争
méi guī zhàn zhēng

The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)

争斗
zhēng dòu

to struggle

争权夺利
zhēng quán duó lì

scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle

争抢
zhēng qiǎng

to fight over

六二五战争
liù èr wǔ zhàn zhēng

the Korean War (started June 25 1950)

拼争
pīn zhēng

to fight desperately

斗争
dòu zhēng

a struggle

据理力争
jù lǐ lì zhēng

to contend on strong grounds

鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利
yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì

lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom)

纷争
fēn zhēng

to dispute

世袭之争
shì xí zhī zhēng

succession struggle

竞争性
jìng zhēng xìng

competitive

战争与和平
zhàn zhēng yǔ hé píng

War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰