争 zhēng

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

息争 xī zhēng to settle a dispute
战争罪 zhàn zhēng zuì war crime
战争与和平 zhàn zhēng yǔ hé píng War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰
抗日战争 kàng rì zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
拼争 pīn zhēng to fight desperately
日俄战争 rì é zhàn zhēng the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
星海争霸 xīng hǎi zhēng bà StarCraft (video game series) (Tw)
星际争霸 xīng jì zhēng bà StarCraft (video game series)
普法战争 pǔ fǎ zhàn zhēng Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
楚汉战争 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
楚汉相争 chǔ hàn xiāng zhēng see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
权力纷争 quán lì fēn zhēng power struggle
权力斗争 quán lì dòu zhēng power struggle
正义斗争 zhèng yì dòu zhēng righteous struggle
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[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4]
海湾战争 hǎi wān zhàn zhēng (Persian) Gulf War
无争议 wú zhēng yì uncontroversial; accepted
争取时间 zhēng qǔ shí jiān to act with urgency; to buy time
争执不下 zhēng zhí bù xià to quarrel endlessly
争妍斗艳 zhēng yán dòu yàn contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc); vying in beauty and glamor
争宠 zhēng chǒng to strive for favor
争强好胜 zhēng qiáng hào shèng competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others
争战 zhēng zhàn fight
争球线 zhēng qiú xiàn scrimmage line (American football)
争臣 zhēng chén minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
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