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