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相争

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xiāng zhēng

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Definitions

  1. 1. to vie against one another
  2. 2. to fight each other
  3. 3. mutual aggression

Words Containing 相争

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)

两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng

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

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)

楚汉相争
chǔ hàn xiāng zhēng

see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng]

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]

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)

Child Words of 相争

争
zhēng

to strive for

相
xiāng

each other

相
xiàng

appearance

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