| 爭 | [ zhēng ] to strive for, to vie for, to argue or debate, deficient or lacking (dialect), how or what (literary) |
| 爭先 | [ zhēng xiān ] to compete to be first, to contest first place |
| 爭先恐後 | [ zhēng xiān kǒng hoù ] striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another |
| 爭光 | [ zhēng guāng ] to win an honor, to strive to win a prize |
| 爭分奪秒 | [ zhēng fēn duó ] lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time, making every second count |
| 爭取 | [ zhēng qǔ ] to fight for, to strive for, to win over |
| 爭取時間 | [ zhēng qǔ shí jiān ] to act with urgency, to buy time |
| 爭名奪利 | [ zhēng míng duó lì ] to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth, only interested in personal gain |
| 爭吵 | [ zhēng chaǒ ] to quarrel, dispute |
| 爭執 | [ zhēng zhí ] to dispute, to disagree, to argue opinionatedly, to wrangle |
| 爭執不下 | [ zhēng zhí bù xià ] to quarrel endlessly |
| 爭奪 | [ zhēng duó ] to fight over, to contest, to vie over |
| 爭奪戰 | [ zhēng duó zhàn ] struggle |
| 爭妍鬥艷 | [ zhēng yán doù yàn ] contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc), vying in beauty and glamor |
| 爭寵 | [ zhēng chǒng ] to strive for favor |
| 爭強好勝 | [ zhēng qiáng haò shèng ] competitive, ambitious and aggressive, to desire to beat others |
| 爭得 | [ zhēng dé ] to obtain by an effort, to strive to get sth |
| 爭戰 | [ zhēng zhàn ] fight |
| 爭持 | [ zhēng chí ] to refuse to concede, not to give in |
| 爭搶 | [ zhēng qiǎng ] to fight over, to scramble for |
| 爭斤論兩 | [ zhēng jīn lùn liǎng ] to haggle over every ounce (idiom), to to fuss over minor points, to be particular about sth |
| 爭權奪利 | [ zhēng quán duó lì ] scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle |
| 爭氣 | [ zhēng qì ] to work hard for sth, to resolve on improvement, determined not to fall short |
| 爭球線 | [ zhēng qiú xiàn ] scrimmage line (American football) |
| 爭相 | [ zhēng xiāng ] to fall over each other in their eagerness to... |
| 爭端 | [ zhēng duān ] dispute, controversy, conflict |
| 爭臣 | [ zhēng chén ] minister not afraid to give forthright criticism |
| 爭衡 | [ zhēng héng ] to struggle for mastery, to strive for supremacy |
| 爭訟 | [ zhēng sòng ] dispute involving litigation, legal dispute |
| 爭論 | [ zhēng lùn ] to argue, to debate, to contend, argument, contention, controversy, debate, CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3] |
| 爭論點 | [ zhēng lùn diǎn ] contention |
| 爭議 | [ zhēng yì ] controversy, dispute, to dispute |
| 爭議性 | [ zhēng yì xìng ] controversial |
| 爭購 | [ zhēng goù ] to compete, to fight for, to rush to purchase |
| 爭辯 | [ zhēng biàn ] a dispute, to wrangle |
| 爭鋒 | [ zhēng fēng ] to strive |
| 爭長論短 | [ zhēng cháng lùn duǎn ] lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble, a storm in a teacup |
| 爭雄 | [ zhēng xióng ] to contend for supremacy |
| 爭霸 | [ zhēng bà ] to contend for hegemony, a power struggle |
| 爭面子 | [ 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 |
| 爭風吃醋 | [ zhēng fēng chī cù ] to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman, to be jealous of a rival in a love affair |
| 爭鬥 | [ zhēng doù ] to struggle, to fight, struggle |
| 爭鳴 | [ zhēng míng ] to contend |
| ⇒ 丁卯戰爭 | [ dīng maǒ zhàn zhēng ] first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) |
| ⇒ 不正當競爭 | [ bù zhèng dàng jìng zhēng ] unfair competition, illicit competition |
| ⇒ 不爭 | [ bù zhēng ] widely known, incontestable, undeniable, to not strive for, to not contend for |
| ⇒ 不爭氣 | [ bù zhēng qì ] to be disappointing, to fail to live up to expectations |
| ⇒ 不蒸饅頭爭口氣 | [ bù zhēng mán tou zhēng koǔ qì ] not to be crushed (idiom), to be determined to have one's revenge |
| ⇒ 世襲之爭 | [ shì xí zhī zhēng ] succession struggle, dispute over inheritance |
| ⇒ 丙子戰爭 | [ bǐng zǐ zhàn zhēng ] second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636) |
| ⇒ 中法戰爭 | [ zhōng fǎ zhàn zhēng ] Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam) |
| ⇒ 中越戰爭 | [ zhōng yuè zhàn zhēng ] Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) |
| ⇒ 人民戰爭 | [ rén mín zhàn zhēng ] people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign |
| ⇒ 你爭我奪 | [ nǐ zhēng wǒ duó ] lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter, fierce rivalry, tug-of-war |
| ⇒ 侵略戰爭 | [ qīn lvè zhàn zhēng ] war of aggression |
| ⇒ 克里木戰爭 | [ kè lǐ mù zhàn zhēng ] the Crimean War (1853-1856) |
| ⇒ 內部鬥爭 | [ neì bù doù zhēng ] internal power struggle |
| ⇒ 兩伊戰爭 | [ liǎng yī zhàn zhēng ] Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) |
| ⇒ 兩國相爭，不斬來使 | [ liǎng guó xiāng zhēng bù zhǎn laí shǐ ] when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) |
| ⇒ 兩虎相爭 | [ liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng ] two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries |
| ⇒ 兩虎相爭，必有一傷 | [ liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng bì yoǔ yī shāng ] if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom), if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt |
| ⇒ 公平競爭 | [ gōng píng jìng zhēng ] fair competition |
| ⇒ 六二五戰爭 | [ liù èr wǔ zhàn zhēng ] the Korean War (started June 25 1950) |
| ⇒ 六日戰爭 | [ liù rì zhàn zhēng ] the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors |
| ⇒ 分爭 | [ fēn zhēng ] to dispute, to struggle for mastery |
| ⇒ 分秒必爭 | [ fēn bì zhēng ] seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose, every moment counts |
| ⇒ 力爭 | [ lì zhēng ] to work hard for, to do all one can, to contend strongly |
| ⇒ 力爭上游 | [ lì zhēng shàng yoú ] to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result, to have high ambitions |
| ⇒ 反右派鬥爭 | [ fǎn yoù paì doù zhēng ] Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957 |
| ⇒ 反恐戰爭 | [ fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng ] war on terrorism |
| ⇒ 反袁鬥爭 | [ fǎn yuán doù zhēng ] war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic |
| ⇒ 只爭旦夕 | [ zhǐ zhēng dàn xī ] see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhi3 zheng1 zhao1 xi1] |
| ⇒ 只爭朝夕 | [ zhǐ zhēng zhaō xī ] to seize every minute (idiom), to make the best use of one's time |
| ⇒ 國內戰爭 | [ guó neì zhàn zhēng ] civil war, internal struggle |
| ⇒ 國際戰爭罪法庭 | [ guó jì zhàn zhēng zuì fǎ tíng ] International war crimes tribunal |
| ⇒ 太平洋戰爭 | [ taì píng yáng zhàn zhēng ] Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945 |
| ⇒ 市場競爭 | [ shì chǎng jìng zhēng ] market competition |
| ⇒ 布匿戰爭 | [ bù nì zhàn zhēng ] the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage |
| ⇒ 息爭 | [ xī zhēng ] to settle a dispute |
| ⇒ 戰爭 | [ zhàn zhēng ] war, conflict, CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] |
| ⇒ 戰爭罪 | [ zhàn zhēng zuì ] war crime |
| ⇒ 戰爭與和平 | [ zhàn zhēng yǔ hé píng ] War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰 |
| ⇒ 抗日戰爭 | [ kàng rì zhàn zhēng ] (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) |
| ⇒ 抗爭 | [ kàng zhēng ] to resist, to make a stand and fight (against) |
| ⇒ 拼爭 | [ pīn zhēng ] to fight desperately |
| ⇒ 據理力爭 | [ jù lǐ lì zhēng ] to contend on strong grounds, to argue strongly for what is right |
| ⇒ 日俄戰爭 | [ rì é zhàn zhēng ] the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan |
| ⇒ 明爭暗鬥 | [ míng zhēng àn doù ] to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom) |
| ⇒ 星海爭霸 | [ xīng haǐ zhēng bà ] StarCraft (video game series) (Tw) |
| ⇒ 星際爭霸 | [ xīng jì zhēng bà ] StarCraft (video game series) |
| ⇒ 普法戰爭 | [ pǔ fǎ zhàn zhēng ] Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) |
| ⇒ 朝鮮戰爭 | [ chaó xiǎn zhàn zhēng ] Korean War (1950-1953) |
| ⇒ 楚漢戰爭 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 楚漢相爭 | [ chǔ hàn xiāng zhēng ] see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] |
| ⇒ 權力紛爭 | [ quán lì fēn zhēng ] power struggle |
| ⇒ 權力鬥爭 | [ quán lì doù zhēng ] power struggle |
| ⇒ 正義鬥爭 | [ zhèng yì doù zhēng ] righteous struggle |
| ⇒ 正邪相爭 | [ 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] |
| ⇒ 海灣戰爭 | [ haǐ wān zhàn zhēng ] (Persian) Gulf War |
| ⇒ 無爭議 | [ wú zhēng yì ] uncontroversial, accepted |
| ⇒ 獨立戰爭 | [ dú lì zhàn zhēng ] war of independence |
| ⇒ 玫瑰戰爭 | [ meí guī zhàn zhēng ] The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) |
| ⇒ 甲午戰爭 | [ jiǎ wǔ zhàn zhēng ] First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) |
| ⇒ 百家爭鳴 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 百花齊放，百家爭鳴 | [ baǐ huā qí 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 |
| ⇒ 直接競爭 | [ zhí jiē jìng zhēng ] direct competitor, direct competition |
| ⇒ 直皖戰爭 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 相爭 | [ xiāng zhēng ] to vie against one another, to fight each other, mutual aggression |
| ⇒ 競爭 | [ jìng zhēng ] to compete, competition |
| ⇒ 競爭力 | [ jìng zhēng lì ] competitive strength, competitiveness |
| ⇒ 競爭對手 | [ jìng zhēng duì shoǔ ] rival, competitor |
| ⇒ 競爭性 | [ jìng zhēng xìng ] competitive |
| ⇒ 競爭模式 | [ jìng zhēng mó shì ] competition model |
| ⇒ 競爭產品 | [ jìng zhēng chǎn pǐn ] competitive product, competitor's product |
| ⇒ 競爭者 | [ jìng zhēng zhě ] competitor |
| ⇒ 紛爭 | [ fēn zhēng ] to dispute |
| ⇒ 美國獨立戰爭 | [ meǐ guó dú lì zhàn zhēng ] American War of Independence (1775-1783) |
| ⇒ 與世無爭 | [ yǔ shì wú zhēng ] to stand aloof from worldly affairs |
| ⇒ 蔣桂戰爭 | [ jiǎng guì zhàn zhēng ] confrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction |
| ⇒ 蟻鬥蝸爭 | [ yǐ doù wō zhēng ] lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling |
| ⇒ 解放戰爭 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 解決爭端 | [ jiě jué zhēng duān ] to settle a dispute |
| ⇒ 觸鬥蠻爭 | [ chù doù mán zhēng ] constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats, struggle for personal gain |
| ⇒ 論爭 | [ lùn zhēng ] argument, debate, controversy |
| ⇒ 護國戰爭 | [ hù 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 |
| ⇒ 護法戰爭 | [ hù fǎ zhàn zhēng ] National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor |
| ⇒ 贖罪日戰爭 | [ shú zuì rì zhàn zhēng ] the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors |
| ⇒ 越南戰爭 | [ yuè nán zhàn zhēng ] Vietnam War (1955-1975) |
| ⇒ 辯爭 | [ biàn zhēng ] to argue, to dispute |
| ⇒ 鄭人爭年 | [ zhèng rén zhēng nián ] Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom), a futile quarrel |
| ⇒ 階級鬥爭 | [ jiē jí doù zhēng ] class struggle |
| ⇒ 鬥爭 | [ doù zhēng ] a struggle, fight, battle |
| ⇒ 鬥爭性 | [ doù zhēng xìng ] assertiveness, combative nature |
| ⇒ 鴉片戰爭 | [ yā piàn zhàn zhēng ] the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 |
| ⇒ 鷸蚌相爭 | [ yù 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 |
| ⇒ 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利 | [ yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì ] lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
| ⇒ 龍爭虎鬥 | [ lóng zhēng hǔ doù ] lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants |