dòu

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Definitions

  1. 1. to fight
  2. 2. to struggle
  3. 3. to condemn
  4. 4. to censure
  5. 5. to contend
  6. 6. to put together
  7. 7. coming together

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Words Containing 斗

奋斗
fèn dòu

to strive; to struggle

战斗
zhàn dòu

to fight

搏斗
bó dòu

to wrestle; to fight; to struggle

泰斗
tài dǒu

doyen

艰苦奋斗
jiān kǔ fèn dòu

to struggle arduously

斗志
dòu zhì

will to fight

斗争
dòu zhēng

a struggle

一对一斗牛
yī duì yī dòu niú

one-on-one basketball game

三对三斗牛
sān duì sān dòu niú

three-on-three basketball game

二虎相斗,必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng

lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)

五斗柜
wǔ dǒu guì

chest of drawers

五斗米道
wǔ dǒu mǐ dào

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)

人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng

you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)

人权斗士
rén quán dòu shì

a human rights activist

内部斗争
nèi bù dòu zhēng

internal power struggle

内斗
nèi dòu

internal strife

全斗焕
quán dòu huàn

Chun Doo Hwan (1931-), South Korean politician, president 1980-1988

两虎相斗
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu

two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries

两虎相斗,必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng

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

公斗
gōng dǒu

decaliter

冰斗
bīng dǒu

(geology) cirque

勾心斗角
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo

to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)

化学战斗部
huà xué zhàn dòu bù

chemical warhead

北斗
běi dǒu

Great Bear

北斗七星
běi dǒu qī xīng

(astronomy) Big Dipper

北斗星
běi dǒu xīng

the Big Dipper

北斗卫星导航系统
běi dǒu wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)

北斗镇
běi dǒu zhèn

Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan

升斗
shēng dǒu

liter and decaliter dry measure

升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín

(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth

南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu

lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)

博斗
bó dòu

to fight or argue on a blogging site (netspeak)

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

反袁斗争
fǎn yuán dòu zhēng

war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic

吊斗
diào dǒu

(a container) carried suspended or underslung

单打独斗
dān dǎ dú dòu

to fight alone (idiom)

困兽犹斗
kùn shòu yóu dòu

a cornered beast will still fight (idiom)

坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu

lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom)

墨斗
mò dǒu

carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)

好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nǚ dòu

a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)

好斗
hào dòu

to be warlike

宙斯盾战斗系统
zhòu sī dùn zhàn dòu xì tǒng

Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)

小便斗
xiǎo biàn dǒu

urinal

山斗
shān dòu

leading light (of a generation etc)

巴斗
bā dǒu

round-bottomed wicker basket

后翻筋斗
hòu fān jīn dǒu

backward somersault

恶斗
è dòu

hard fighting

战斗部
zhàn dòu bù

warhead

战斗力
zhàn dòu lì

fighting strength

战斗机
zhàn dòu jī

fighter (aircraft)

战斗营
zhàn dòu yíng

boot camp

战斗群
zhàn dòu qún

battle group

战斗者
zhàn dòu zhě

fighter

战斗舰
zhàn dòu jiàn

battleship

戽斗
hù dǒu

bailing bucket (tool for irrigating fields)

才高八斗
cái gāo bā dǒu

of great talent (idiom)

打斗
dǎ dòu

to fight

扶不起的阿斗
fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu

weak and inept person

批斗
pī dòu

to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)

批斗大会
pī dòu dà huì

struggle session

抽斗
chōu dǒu

drawer

拌嘴斗舌
bàn zuǐ dòu shé

to quarrel

拖斗
tuō dǒu

small open trailer

拼斗
pīn dòu

to engage (in a fight)

挎斗
kuà dǒu

sidecar

挨斗
ái dòu

to suffer censure

揪斗
jiū dòu

to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)

斗六
dǒu liù

Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

斗六市
dǒu liù shì

Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

斗南
dǒu nán

Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

斗南镇
dǒu nán zhèn

Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

斗大
dǒu dà

huge

斗室
dǒu shì

very small room; tiny, cramped space

斗柄
dǒu bǐng

handle of the Big Dipper

斗牛
dǒu niú

Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)

斗笠
dǒu lì

conical bamboo hat

斗筲
dǒu shāo

an ancient bamboo container

斗筲之人
dǒu shāo zhī rén

a small-minded person

斗筲之器
dǒu shāo zhī qì

person narrow-minded and shortsighted

斗筲之材
dǒu shāo zhī cái

person of limited capacity

斗篷
dǒu peng

cloak

斗车
dǒu chē

hopper car

斗转星移
dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí

lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved

斗酒只鸡
dǒu jiǔ zhī jī

lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests

斗门
dǒu mén

Doumen District of Zhuhai City 珠海市[zhū hǎi shì], Guangdong

斗门区
dǒu mén qū

Doumen District of Zhuhai City 珠海市[zhū hǎi shì], Guangdong

料斗
liào dǒu

cattle feeder

明争暗斗
míng zhēng àn dòu

(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly

星斗
xīng dǒu

stars

星移斗转
xīng yí dǒu zhuǎn

lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved

核战斗部
hé zhàn dòu bù

nuclear warhead

格斗
gé dòu

to wrestle

栽筋斗
zāi jīn dǒu

to tumble

械斗
xiè dòu

armed confrontation

横筋斗
héng jīn dǒu

cartwheel

横翻筋斗
héng fān jīn dǒu

to turn cartwheels

权力斗争
quán lì dòu zhēng

power struggle

正义斗争
zhèng yì dòu zhēng

righteous struggle

步斗踏罡
bù dǒu tà gāng

to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)

步罡踏斗
bù gāng tà dǒu

to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)

殴斗
ōu dòu

to have a fist fight

气冲牛斗
qì chōng niú dǒu

extremely angry

决斗
jué dòu

to duel

泰山北斗
tài shān běi dǒu

lit. Mount Tai and the North Star (idiom)

海水不可斗量
hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng

see 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]

漏斗
lòu dǒu

funnel

漏斗云
lòu dǒu yún

funnel cloud

为五斗米折腰
wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[táo qián], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)

烟斗
yān dǒu

(smoking) pipe

熨斗
yùn dǒu

clothes iron

烫斗
tàng dǒu

clothes iron

争妍斗艳
zhēng yán dòu yàn

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

争斗
zhēng dòu

to struggle

环保斗士
huán bǎo dòu shì

an environmental activist

生命不息,战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ

while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last

畚斗
běn dǒu

dustpan

科斗
kē dǒu

tadpole

空中格斗
kōng zhōng gé dòu

dogfight (of planes)

窝里斗
wō li dòu

internal strife (family, group, etc)

笆斗
bā dǒu

round-bottomed basket

筋斗
jīn dǒu

tumble

筋斗云
jīn dǒu yún

Sun Wukong's magical cloud

紫微斗数
zǐ wēi dǒu shù
罗马斗兽场
luó mǎ dòu shòu chǎng

Colosseum (Rome)

翻斗卡车
fān dǒu kǎ chē

dump truck

翻筋斗
fān jīn dǒu

to tumble

翻跟斗
fān gēn dǒu

to turn a somersault

航空母舰战斗群
háng kōng mǔ jiàn zhàn dòu qún

carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG)

蚁斗蜗争
yǐ dòu wō zhēng

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

角斗
jué dòu

to wrestle

角斗场
jué dòu chǎng

wrestling ring

角斗士
jiǎo dòu shì

gladiator

触斗蛮争
chù dòu mán zhēng

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

夸多斗靡
kuā duō dòu mǐ

to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom)

赌斗
dǔ dòu

to fight

跟斗
gēn dou

somersault

车斗
chē dǒu

open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads

车载斗量
chē zài dǒu liáng

lit. measured in cartloads and gallons

防毒斗篷
fáng dú dǒu péng

protective cape

阿斗
ā dǒu

A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[liú shàn] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263

阶级斗争
jiē jí dòu zhēng

class struggle

只鸡斗酒
zhī jī dǒu jiǔ

lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests

斗口齿
dòu kǒu chǐ

to quarrel

斗嘴
dòu zuǐ

to quarrel

斗地主
dòu dì zhǔ

\Fight the Landlord\ (card game)

斗士
dòu shì

warrior

斗志昂扬
dòu zhì áng yáng

having high fighting spirit

斗批改
dòu pī gǎi

struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)

斗拳
dòu quán

boxing

斗智
dòu zhì

battle of wits

斗殴
dòu ōu

to brawl; to scuffle

斗气
dòu qì

to have a grudge against

斗争性
dòu zhēng xìng

assertiveness

斗牛
dòu niú

bullfighting

斗牛士
dòu niú shì

matador

斗牛士之歌
dòu niú shì zhī gē

Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet

斗牛梗
dòu niú gěng

bull terrier

斗眼
dòu yǎn

see 鬥雞眼|斗鸡眼[dòu jī yǎn]

斗私批修
dòu sī pī xiū

fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)

斗舰
dòu jiàn

fighting ship

斗鸡
dòu jī

cock fighting

斗鸡眼
dòu jī yǎn

cross-eye

斗鸡走马
dòu jī zǒu mǎ

cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble

龙争虎斗
lóng zhēng hǔ dòu

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

龙虎斗
lóng hǔ dòu

fight between powerful contenders