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

權力紛 quán lì fēn zhēng power struggle
權力鬥 quán lì dòu zhēng power struggle
正義鬥 zhèng yì dòu zhēng righteous struggle
正邪相 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 hǎi wān zhàn zhēng (Persian) Gulf War
議 wú zhēng yì uncontroversial; accepted
先 zhēng xiān to compete to be first; to contest first place
先恐後 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
光 zhēng guāng to win an honor; to strive to win a prize
分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
取 zhēng qǔ to fight for; to strive for; to win over
取時間 zhēng qǔ shí jiān to act with urgency; to buy time
名奪利 zhēng míng duó lì to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain
吵 zhēng chǎo to quarrel; dispute
執 zhēng zhí to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
執不下 zhēng zhí bù xià to quarrel endlessly
奪 zhēng duó to fight over; to contest; to vie over
奪戰 zhēng duó zhàn struggle
妍鬥艷 zhēng yán dòu yàn contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc); vying in beauty and glamor
寵 zhēng chǒng to strive for favor
強好勝 zhēng qiáng hào shèng competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others
得 zhēng dé to obtain by an effort; to strive to get sth
戰 zhēng zhàn fight
持 zhēng chí to refuse to concede; not to give in
搶 zhēng qiǎng to fight over; to scramble for