Character
| HSK | 4 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 344th character |
| RADICAL | ⼅ (6.5) |
| STROKES | 6 |
| INDEX # | 508 |
| TRADITIONAL | 爭 |
dispute, fight, contend, strive
HSK 4
#344
DEFINITIONS
- dispute, fight, contend, strive
- to strive for
- to vie for
- to argue or debate
- deficient or lacking (dialect)
- how or what (literary)
STROKES
WORDS
| 丙子战争 bǐng zǐ zhàn zhēng | second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636) |
| 中法战争 zhōng fǎ zhàn zhēng | Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam) |
| 中越战争 zhōng yuè zhàn zhēng | the Sino-Vietnamese War, fought between the PRC and Vietnam in 1979; also known as the Third Indochina War |
| 侵略战争 qīn lüè zhàn zhēng | war of aggression |
| 克里木战争 kè lǐ mù zhàn zhēng | the Crimean War (1853-1856) |
| 内部斗争 nèi bù dòu zhēng | internal power struggle |
| 两伊战争 liǎng yī zhàn zhēng | Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) |
| 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); if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt |
| 公平竞争 gōng píng jìng zhēng | fair competition |
| 六二五战争 liù èr wǔ zhàn zhēng | the Korean War (started June 25 1950) |
| 六日战争 liù rì zhàn zhēng | the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors |
| 分争 fēn zhēng | to dispute; to struggle for mastery |
| 力争上游 lì zhēng shàng yóu | to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result; to have high ambitions |
| 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 |
| 反恐战争 fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng | war on terrorism |
| 反袁斗争 fǎn yuán dòu zhēng | war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic |
| 只争旦夕 zhǐ zhēng dàn xī | see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhi3 zheng1 zhao1 xi1] |
| 只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī | to seize every minute (idiom); to make the best use of one's time |
| 国内战争 guó nèi zhàn zhēng | civil war; internal struggle |
| 国际战争罪法庭 guó jì zhàn zhēng zuì fǎ tíng | International war crimes tribunal |
| 太平洋战争 tài píng yáng zhàn zhēng | Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945 |
| 市场竞争 shì chǎng jìng zhēng | market competition |
| 布匿战争 bù nì zhàn zhēng | the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage |