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Hanzi Character Search: 争

4E89

争
dispute, fight, contend, strive
Radical 𠄌
Strokes (without radical) 5 Total Strokes 6
Mandarin reading zhēng zhèng Cantonese reading zaang1 zang1
Japanese on reading sou Japanese kun reading arasou arasoi ikadeka
Korean reading Vietnamese reading
Traditional Variant(s) to dispute, fight, contend, strive
Semantic Variant(s)

CEDICT Entries:

   [ zhēng ]    to strive for, to vie for, to argue or debate, deficient or lacking (dialect), how or what (literary)
   [ zhēng xiān ]    to compete to be first, to contest first place
   [ zhēng xiān kǒng hoù ]    striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
   [ zhēng guāng ]    to win an honor, to strive to win a prize
   [ zhēng fēn duó ]    lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time, making every second count
   [ zhēng ]    to fight for, to strive for, to win over
   [ zhēng shí jiān ]    to act with urgency, to buy time
   [ zhēng míng duó ]    to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth, only interested in personal gain
   [ zhēng chaǒ ]    to quarrel, dispute
   [ zhēng zhí ]    to dispute, to disagree, to argue opinionatedly, to wrangle
   [ zhēng zhí xià ]    to quarrel endlessly
   [ zhēng duó ]    to fight over, to contest, to vie over
   [ zhēng duó zhàn ]    struggle
   [ zhēng yán doù yàn ]    contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc), vying in beauty and glamor
   [ zhēng chǒng ]    to strive for favor
   [ zhēng qiáng haò shèng ]    competitive, ambitious and aggressive, to desire to beat others
   [ zhēng ]    to obtain by an effort, to strive to get sth
   [ zhēng zhàn ]    fight
   [ zhēng chí ]    to refuse to concede, not to give in
   [ zhēng qiǎng ]    to fight over, to scramble for
   [ zhēng jīn lùn liǎng ]    to haggle over every ounce (idiom), to to fuss over minor points, to be particular about sth
   [ zhēng quán duó ]    scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
   [ zhēng ]    to work hard for sth, to resolve on improvement, determined not to fall short
线   [ zhēng qiú xiàn ]    scrimmage line (American football)
   [ zhēng xiāng ]    to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
   [ zhēng duān ]    dispute, controversy, conflict
   [ zhēng chén ]    minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
   [ zhēng héng ]    to struggle for mastery, to strive for supremacy
   [ zhēng sòng ]    dispute involving litigation, legal dispute
   [ zhēng lùn ]    to argue, to debate, to contend, argument, contention, controversy, debate, CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
   [ zhēng lùn diǎn ]    contention
   [ zhēng ]    controversy, dispute, to dispute
   [ zhēng xìng ]    controversial
   [ zhēng goù ]    to compete, to fight for, to rush to purchase
   [ zhēng biàn ]    a dispute, to wrangle
   [ zhēng fēng ]    to strive
   [ zhēng cháng lùn duǎn ]    lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble, a storm in a teacup
   [ zhēng xióng ]    to contend for supremacy
   [ zhēng ]    to contend for hegemony, a power struggle
   [ zhēng miàn zi ]    to do (sb) proud, to be a credit to (one's school etc), to make oneself look good, to build up one's image
   [ zhēng fēng chī ]    to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman, to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
   [ zhēng doù ]    to struggle, to fight, struggle
   [ zhēng míng ]    to contend
⇒    [ dīng maǒ zhàn zhēng ]    first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
⇒    [ zhèng dàng jìng zhēng ]    unfair competition, illicit competition
⇒    [ zhēng ]    widely known, incontestable, undeniable, to not strive for, to not contend for
⇒    [ zhēng ]    to be disappointing, to fail to live up to expectations
⇒    [ zhēng mán tou zhēng koǔ ]    not to be crushed (idiom), to be determined to have one's revenge
⇒    [ shì zhī zhēng ]    succession struggle, dispute over inheritance
⇒    [ bǐng zhàn zhēng ]    second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
⇒    [ zhōng zhàn zhēng ]    Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
⇒    [ zhōng yuè zhàn zhēng ]    Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
⇒    [ rén mín zhàn zhēng ]    people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
⇒    [ zhēng duó ]    lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter, fierce rivalry, tug-of-war
⇒    [ qīn lvè zhàn zhēng ]    war of aggression
⇒    [ zhàn zhēng ]    the Crimean War (1853-1856)
⇒    [ neì doù zhēng ]    internal power struggle
⇒    [ liǎng zhàn zhēng ]    Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
⇒ 使   [ liǎng guó xiāng zhēng zhǎn laí shǐ ]    when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
⇒    [ liǎng xiāng zhēng ]    two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
⇒    [ liǎng xiāng zhēng yoǔ shāng ]    if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom), if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
⇒    [ gōng píng jìng zhēng ]    fair competition
⇒    [ liù èr zhàn zhēng ]    the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
⇒    [ liù zhàn zhēng ]    the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
⇒    [ fēn zhēng ]    to dispute, to struggle for mastery
⇒    [ fēn zhēng ]    seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose, every moment counts
⇒    [ zhēng ]    to work hard for, to do all one can, to contend strongly
⇒    [ zhēng shàng yoú ]    to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result, to have high ambitions
⇒    [ fǎn yoù paì doù zhēng ]    Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
⇒    [ fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng ]    war on terrorism
⇒    [ fǎn yuán doù zhēng ]    war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic
⇒    [ zhǐ zhēng dàn ]    see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhi3 zheng1 zhao1 xi1]
⇒    [ zhǐ zhēng zhaō ]    to seize every minute (idiom), to make the best use of one's time
⇒    [ guó neì zhàn zhēng ]    civil war, internal struggle
⇒    [ guó zhàn zhēng zuì tíng ]    International war crimes tribunal
⇒    [ taì píng yáng zhàn zhēng ]    Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
⇒    [ shì chǎng jìng zhēng ]    market competition
⇒    [ zhàn zhēng ]    the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage
⇒    [ zhēng ]    to settle a dispute
⇒    [ zhàn zhēng ]    war, conflict, CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
⇒    [ zhàn zhēng zuì ]    war crime
⇒    [ zhàn zhēng píng ]    War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰
⇒    [ kàng zhàn zhēng ]    (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
⇒    [ kàng zhēng ]    to resist, to make a stand and fight (against)
⇒    [ pīn zhēng ]    to fight desperately
⇒    [ zhēng ]    to contend on strong grounds, to argue strongly for what is right
⇒    [ é zhàn zhēng ]    the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
⇒    [ míng zhēng àn doù ]    to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
⇒    [ xīng haǐ zhēng ]    StarCraft (video game series) (Tw)
⇒    [ xīng zhēng ]    StarCraft (video game series)
⇒    [ zhàn zhēng ]    Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
⇒    [ chaó xiǎn zhàn zhēng ]    Korean War (1950-1953)
⇒    [ chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng ]    Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu
⇒    [ chǔ hàn xiāng zhēng ]    see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
⇒    [ quán fēn zhēng ]    power struggle
⇒    [ quán doù zhēng ]    power struggle
⇒    [ zhèng doù zhēng ]    righteous struggle
⇒    [ zhèng xié xiāng zhēng ]    term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4]
⇒    [ haǐ wān zhàn zhēng ]    (Persian) Gulf War
⇒    [ zhēng ]    uncontroversial, accepted
⇒    [ zhàn zhēng ]    war of independence
⇒    [ meí guī zhàn zhēng ]    The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
⇒    [ jiǎ zhàn zhēng ]    First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
⇒    [ baǐ jiā zhēng míng ]    a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
⇒    [ baǐ huā fàng baǐ jiā zhēng míng ]    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
⇒    [ zhí jiē jìng zhēng ]    direct competitor, direct competition
⇒    [ zhí wǎn zhàn zhēng ]    war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
⇒    [ xiāng zhēng ]    to vie against one another, to fight each other, mutual aggression
⇒    [ jìng zhēng ]    to compete, competition
⇒    [ jìng zhēng ]    competitive strength, competitiveness
⇒    [ jìng zhēng duì shoǔ ]    rival, competitor
⇒    [ jìng zhēng xìng ]    competitive
⇒    [ jìng zhēng shì ]    competition model
⇒    [ jìng zhēng chǎn pǐn ]    competitive product, competitor's product
⇒    [ jìng zhēng zhě ]    competitor
⇒    [ fēn zhēng ]    to dispute
⇒    [ meǐ guó zhàn zhēng ]    American War of Independence (1775-1783)
⇒    [ shì zhēng ]    to stand aloof from worldly affairs
⇒    [ jiǎng guì zhàn zhēng ]    confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction
⇒    [ doù zhēng ]    lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
⇒    [ jiě fàng zhàn zhēng ]    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
⇒    [ jiě jué zhēng duān ]    to settle a dispute
⇒    [ chù doù mán zhēng ]    constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats, struggle for personal gain
⇒    [ lùn zhēng ]    argument, debate, controversy
⇒    [ guó zhàn zhēng ]    National Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] as emperor
⇒    [ zhàn zhēng ]    National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
⇒    [ shú zuì zhàn zhēng ]    the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
⇒    [ yuè nán zhàn zhēng ]    Vietnam War (1955-1975)
⇒    [ biàn zhēng ]    to argue, to dispute
⇒    [ zhèng rén zhēng nián ]    Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom), a futile quarrel
⇒    [ jiē doù zhēng ]    class struggle
⇒    [ doù zhēng ]    a struggle, fight, battle
⇒    [ doù zhēng xìng ]    assertiveness, combative nature
⇒    [ piàn zhàn zhēng ]    the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861
⇒    [ bàng xiāng zhēng ]    lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
⇒    [ bàng xiāng zhēng wēng ]    lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
⇒    [ lóng zhēng doù ]    lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants

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