争 (爭) zhēng

1. 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)
2. zhēng verb to snatch; to capture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 夺取 (Guoyu '爭' v 1)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. zhēng adverb very; extremely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '爭' 3, p. 602)

Contained in

• 息争(息爭) to settle a dispute
• 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
• 争行夺市(爭行奪市) market competition
• 争长论短(爭長論短) to argue about long and short; to debate about anything
• 两虎相争，必有一伤(兩虎相爭，必有一傷) if two tigers fight, one will get injured; if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
• 只争朝夕(只爭朝夕) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
• 分争(分爭) to dispute; to struggle for mastery
• 星际争霸(星際爭霸) StarCraft (video game series)
• 市场竞争(市場競爭) market competition
• 你争我夺(你爭我奪) you fight, I snatch; to compete fiercely offering no quarter; fierce rivalry; tug-of-war
• 思想斗争(思想鬥爭) ideological struggle
• 国内战争(國內戰爭) civil war; internal struggle
• 为国争光(為國爭光) to fight for one's country with honor
• 争战(爭戰) to fight; to battle
• 争地(爭地) to fight over land ; contested territory
• 争长竞短(爭長競短) to argue about long and short; to debate about anything
• 争雄(爭雄) to contend for supremacy
• 太平洋战争(太平洋戰爭) Pacific War
• 争宠(爭寵) to strive for favor
• 辩争(辯爭) to argue; to dispute
• 争友(爭友) a [good] friend who is willing to admonish
• 争如(爭如) to not be equal to
• 争取时间(爭取時間) to act with urgency; to buy time
• 寸土必争(寸土必爭) fight for every inch of land
• 好争(好爭) argumentative
• 竞争模式(競爭模式) competition model
• 争臣(爭臣) minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
• 争衡(爭衡) to struggle for mastery; to strive for supremacy
• 争论不定(爭論不定) not able to agree
• 争抢(爭搶) to fight over; to scramble for
• 核子战争(核子戰爭) nuclear warfare
• 争名夺利(爭名奪利) to fight for fame, grab profit; scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain
• 争议性(爭議性) controversy
• 争辩(爭辯) a dispute; to wrangle
• 争强好胜(爭強好勝) competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others
• 争执(爭執) to dispute; to disagree; to be stubborn
• 争风(爭風) to argue from jealousy
• 争先(爭先) to compete to be first
• 争存(爭存) to struggle for survival
• 触斗蛮争(觸鬥蠻爭) constant bickering and fighting; constantly at each other's throats; struggle for personal gain

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鸦片战争 、 南北战争 、 反右派斗争 、 中越战争 、 美墨战争 、 蔷薇战争 、 美国独立战争 、 中日战争 、 中日甲午战争 、 中法战争 、 丙子战争

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 争盟 (爭盟) 小國爭盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 争承 (爭承) 子產爭承 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
• 贵贱争 (貴賤爭) 貴賤爭 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 2