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争
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Definitions
- 1. to strive for
- 2. to vie for
- 3. to argue or debate
- 4. deficient or lacking (dialect)
- 5. how or what (literary)
Example Sentences
1 shown分秒必 争 。
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Words Containing 争
to contend for hegemony
controversy
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
to work hard for sth
a dispute
people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
competitive product
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of \rightists\ after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
the Crimean War (1853-1856)
second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
scrimmage line (American football)
lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
to resist
fair competition
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861
market competition
war of aggression
to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc)
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
to obtain by an effort
to dispute
to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
to settle a dispute
to vie against one another
to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
to work hard for
competitor
lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
to fight over
confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction
unfair competition
to quarrel
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
competition model
to strive for favor
to fight for
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
war on terrorism
war
the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage
to compete
to strive to get sth done while the timing is right
war crime
to struggle for mastery
Korean War (1950-1953)
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
the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
righteous struggle
to argue
to contend
see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng]
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
rival
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
assertiveness
to quarrel endlessly
to dispute
contention
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
controversial
International war crimes tribunal
to stand aloof from worldly affairs
(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom)
fight
to act with urgency
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
direct competitor
(idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
internal power struggle
constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats
to argue
seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
struggle
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī]
widely known
two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
argument
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
competitive strength
to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth
civil war
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
to win an honor
not to be crushed (idiom)
if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
class struggle
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
to contend for supremacy
(Persian) Gulf War
power struggle
American War of Independence (1775-1783)
to compete to be first
war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
war of independence
to settle a dispute
minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
to compete
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
StarCraft (video game series)
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
to be disappointing
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
to refuse to concede
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]
competitive
power struggle
to strive
dispute
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc)
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
to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman
uncontroversial
Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom)
to haggle over every ounce (idiom)
dispute involving litigation
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
to struggle
scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
to fight over
the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
to fight desperately
a struggle
to contend on strong grounds
lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom)
to dispute
succession struggle
competitive
War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰