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斗
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Definitions
- 1. to fight
- 2. to struggle
- 3. to condemn
- 4. to censure
- 5. to contend
- 6. to put together
- 7. coming together
Example Sentences
1 shown奋 斗
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 斗
to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
a small-minded person
to have a grudge against
clothes iron
hopper car
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of \rightists\ after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
a human rights activist
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
Sun Wukong's magical cloud
gladiator
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
to fight
to quarrel
lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
person narrow-minded and shortsighted
Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
decaliter
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
boot camp
drawer
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
cock fighting
Doumen District of Zhuhai City 珠海市[zhū hǎi shì], Guangdong
to brawl; to scuffle
cattle feeder
to strive; to struggle
bull terrier
warrior
battle of wits
liter and decaliter dry measure
dump truck
wrestling ring
doyen
see 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
\Fight the Landlord\ (card game)
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved
to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
to quarrel
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
small open trailer
a cornered beast will still fight (idiom)
carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
sidecar
fighting ship
dustpan
lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)
to fight
funnel cloud
to suffer censure
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
three-on-three basketball game
bailing bucket (tool for irrigating fields)
to fight alone (idiom)
having high fighting spirit
righteous struggle
to wrestle
to turn cartwheels
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
Great Bear
Doumen District of Zhuhai City 珠海市[zhū hǎi shì], Guangdong
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
to quarrel
to duel
assertiveness
to compete to produce extravagant literary works (idiom)
to be warlike
cross-eye
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
handle of the Big Dipper
(a container) carried suspended or underslung
(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)
(astronomy) Big Dipper
Chun Doo Hwan (1931-), South Korean politician, president 1980-1988
Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
to have a fist fight
dogfight (of planes)
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
internal power struggle
will to fight
matador
carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG)
tadpole
cloak
warhead
constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats
huge
protective cape
to wrestle
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved
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
an ancient bamboo container
extremely angry
person of limited capacity
Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)
fight between powerful contenders
Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom)
armed confrontation
hard fighting
war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic
bullfighting
stars
to struggle arduously
fighting strength
(smoking) pipe
class struggle
(geology) cirque
boxing
lit. Mount Tai and the North Star (idiom)
urinal
lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
funnel
leading light (of a generation etc)
battle group
Colosseum (Rome)
round-bottomed basket
battleship
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
to tumble
to tumble
somersault
very small room; tiny, cramped space
backward somersault
lit. measured in cartloads and gallons
fighter (aircraft)
round-bottomed wicker basket
fighter
to fight or argue on a blogging site (netspeak)
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)
to fight
clothes iron
an environmental activist
power struggle
cartwheel
two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
the Big Dipper
to turn a somersault
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc)
of great talent (idiom)
conical bamboo hat
open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads
chemical warhead
when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
internal strife
to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
to engage (in a fight)
one-on-one basketball game
to struggle
see 鬥雞眼|斗鸡眼[dòu jī yǎn]
nuclear warhead
struggle session
a struggle
Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
tumble
chest of drawers
internal strife (family, group, etc)
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
weak and inept person