正邪相争 zhèng xié xiāng zhēng

DEFINITIONS

  1. 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]

CHARACTERS

正 zhèng right, proper, correct
邪 xié wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox
相 xiāng mutual, reciprocal, each other
争 zhēng dispute, fight, contend, strive