争气 (爭氣) zhēngqì

zhēngqì verb to work hard for something
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '爭氣'; CCD '争气'; Guoyu '爭氣'; Mathews 1931 '爭氣', p. 46)

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• 不争气(不爭氣) to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations

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• 第四十六回 Chapter 46 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第十三回 Chapter 13 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 8 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 110 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1