争 (爭) zhēng
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zhēng
verb
to compete; to struggle; to fight; to contend; to strive
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 竞争 (Guoyu '爭' v 2; Kroll 2015 '爭' 1, p. 602; Mathews 1931 '爭', p. 46; Unihan '爭'; XHZD '争' 1, p. 971) -
zhēng
verb
to snatch; to capture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 夺取 (Guoyu '爭' v 1) -
zhēng
verb
to debate; to dispute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 辩论 (Guoyu '爭' v 3; Kroll 2015 '爭' 1a, p. 602; Unihan '爭'; XHZD '争' 2, p. 971) -
zhēng
verb
to lack; to differ; to vary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 相差 (Guoyu '爭' v 4; Kroll 2015 '爭' 1b, p. 602; XHZD '争' 3, p. 971) -
zhēng
verb
to advise against
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 规劝 (Guoyu '爭' v 5; Kroll 2015 '爭' 2, p. 602) -
zhēng
adverb
how; what way; what
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 如何 or as an interjection (Guoyu '爭' adv; Kroll 2015 '爭' 4, p. 602; XHZD '争' 4, p. 971) -
zhēng
adverb
very; extremely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '爭' 3, p. 602)
Contained in
- 六日战争(六日戰爭) the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
- 争逐(爭逐) to compete
- 好争(好爭) argumentative
- 政治的斗争(政治的鬥爭) political struggle
- 争霸(爭霸) to struggle for power; to contend for supremacy
- 争名竞利(爭名競利) to strive for fame and profit
- 分秒必争(分秒必爭) seize every minute and second; not a minute to lose; every moment counts
- 争取(爭取) to fight for; to compete
- 国内战争(國內戰爭) civil war; internal struggle
- 直接竞争(直接競爭) direct competitor; direct competition
- 士争先(士爭先) warriors press forward
- 市场竞争(市場競爭) market competition
- 争球线(爭球線) scrimmage line
- 争端(爭端) dispute; controversy; conflict
- 争臣(爭臣) minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
- 争论(爭論) to argue; to debate; to contend ; to haggle; to bicker
- 争执不下(爭執不下) to quarrel endlessly
- 不蒸馒头争口气(不蒸饅頭爭口氣) not to be crushed; to be determined to have one's revenge
- 相争(相爭) to vie against one another; to fight each other
- 竞争力(競爭力) competitive strength; competitiveness
- 交争(交爭) to struggle; to strive; to dispute ; to debate; to argue ; to engage in battle ; to blame one another ; to mix together
- 争论点(爭論點) contention
- 力争(力爭) to work hard for; to do all one can to; to contend strongly
- 息争(息爭) to settle a dispute
- 争强好胜(爭強好勝) competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others
- 竞争产品(競爭產品) competitive product; competitor's product
- 斗争(鬥爭) struggle; fight; battle
- 百花齐放,百家争鸣(百花齊放,百家爭鳴) a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend
- 与世无争(與世無爭) to stand aloof from worldly affairs
- 争行夺市(爭行奪市) market competition
- 争鸣(爭鳴) to contend
- 争閒气(爭閒氣) to argue over a triffle
- 无争议(無爭議) uncontroversial; accepted
- 你争我夺(你爭我奪) you fight, I snatch; to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war
- 争持(爭持) to refuse to concede; not to give in
Also contained in
朋党之争 、 战争与和平 、 六二五战争 、 甲午战争 、 丙子战争 、 布匿战争 、 反右派斗争 、 蒋桂战争 、 护国战争 、 中日甲午战争 、 墨西哥独立战争 、 楚汉相争 、 中法战争 、 英法百年战争 、 直皖战争 、 楚汉战争
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- 卷二十七 韓二 Chapter 27: Han II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 17
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Collocations
- 人争 (人爭) 絞人爭出 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
- 争政 (爭政) 蘇爭政 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
- 争心 (爭心) 懼民之有爭心也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 先争 (先爭) 必先爭人 — Guanzi 管子, 霸言第二十三 Chapter 23: The Sovereign's Words — count: 3
- 争门 (爭門) 或曰自鹿門至于爭門者是也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 3
- 夫争 (夫爭) 夫爭天下者 — Guanzi 管子, 霸言第二十三 Chapter 23: The Sovereign's Words — count: 3
- 争天下 (爭天下) 夫爭天下者 — Guanzi 管子, 霸言第二十三 Chapter 23: The Sovereign's Words — count: 3
- 日争 (日爭) 風與日爭明 — Guanzi 管子, 四時第四十 Chapter 40: The Four Seasons — count: 2
- 阴阳争 (陰陽爭) 陰陽爭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 2
- 晋争 (晉爭) 當今吾不能與晉爭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2