相争 (相爭) xiāngzhēng
xiāngzhēng
verb
to vie against one another; to fight each other
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '相爭', p .47)
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- 两国相争，不斩来使(兩國相爭，不斬來使) when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys
- 两虎相争(兩虎相爭) two tigers fighting; fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
- 正邪相争(正邪相爭) progress of disease
- 鹬蚌相争(鷸蚌相爭) sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both)
- 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利(鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利) sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both
- 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
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- 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 3
- 第十三回 Chapter 13 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 第七十回 Chapter 70 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 99 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第十七回 Chapter 17 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 卷二百四十三 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 243 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 卷一百七十九 列傳第一百二十九: 蕭遘 孔緯 韋昭度 崔昭緯 張濬 朱樸 鄭綮 劉崇望 徐彥若 陸扆 柳璨 Volume 179 Biographies 129: Xiao Gou, Kong Wei, Wei Zhaodu, Cui Zhaowei, Zhang Jun, Zhu Pu, Zheng Qi, Liu Chongwang, Xu Yanruo, Lu Yu, Liu Can Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 人相争 (人相爭) 二人相爭 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 3
- 喜相争 (喜相爭) 臣恐憂喜相爭 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十二 志第二: 禮儀二 Volume 22 Treatises 2: Rites 2 — count: 2
- 堂相争 (堂相爭) 日坐朝堂相爭戾 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百四十三 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 243 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 — count: 2
- 两国相争 (兩國相爭) 兩國相爭 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 2