zhēng

to dispute, fight, contend, strive

DEFINITIONS

爭 zhēng
  • to strive for
  • to vie for
  • to argue or debate
  • deficient or lacking (dialect)
  • how or what (literary)

WORDS

丁卯戰 dīng mǎo zhàn zhēng first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
不正當競 bù zhèng dàng jìng zhēng unfair competition; illicit competition
bù zhēng widely known; incontestable; undeniable; to not strive for; to not contend for
氣 bù zhēng qì to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations
不蒸饅頭口氣 bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì not to be crushed (idiom); to be determined to have one's revenge
世襲之 shì xí zhī zhēng succession struggle; dispute over inheritance
丙子戰 bǐng zǐ zhàn zhēng second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
中法戰 zhōng fǎ zhàn zhēng Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
中越戰 zhōng yuè zhàn zhēng the Sino-Vietnamese War, fought between the PRC and Vietnam in 1979; also known as the Third Indochina War
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 qīn lüè zhàn zhēng war of aggression
克里木戰 kè lǐ mù zhàn zhēng the Crimean War (1853-1856)
內部鬥 nèi bù dòu zhēng internal power struggle
兩伊戰 liǎng yī zhàn zhēng Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
兩國相,不斬來使 liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
兩虎相 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
兩虎相,必有一傷 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
公平競 gōng píng jìng zhēng fair competition
六二五戰 liù èr wǔ zhàn zhēng the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
六日戰 liù rì zhàn zhēng the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
fēn zhēng to dispute; to struggle for mastery
分秒必 fēn miǎo bì zhēng seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts
lì zhēng to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
上游 lì zhēng shàng yóu to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result; to have high ambitions
反右派鬥 fǎn yòu pài dòu zhēng Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
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