争能 (爭能) zhēng néng
zhēng néng
phrase
to compete for mastery
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Mathews 1931 '爭能', p. 47)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五十六 志第四十六 刑法 Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
- 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign Xunzi 荀子 — count: 1
- 卷一百八十六上 列傳第一百三十六上: 酷吏上 Volume 186 Biographies 136: Cruel Officials 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷66 列傳第31 李諤 鮑宏 裴政 柳莊 源師 郎茂 高構 張虔威 榮毗 陸知命 房彥謙 Volume 66 Biographies 31: Li E, Hao Hong, Pei Zheng, Liu Zhuang, Yuan Shi, Lang Mao, Gao Gou, Zhang Qianwei, Rong Pi, Lu Zhiming, Fang Yanqian Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu Book of Documents 尚書 — count: 1
- 卷七十八 列傳第二十八: 于志寧 高季輔 張行成 Volume 78 Biographies 28: Yu Zhining, Gao Jifu, Zhang Xingcheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 凿空争能 (鑿空爭能) 鑿空爭能 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百八十六上 列傳第一百三十六上: 酷吏上 Volume 186 Biographies 136: Cruel Officials 1 — count: 2