| 1 | 斗争 | 鬥爭 | dòu zhēng | dou4 zheng1 | a struggle; fight; battle | | |
| 2 | 战争 | 戰爭 | zhàn zhēng | zhan4 zheng1 | war; conflict; Classifiers: 场 | | |
| 3 | 竞争 | 競爭 | jìng zhēng | jing4 zheng1 | to compete; competition | | |
| 4 | 争取 | 爭取 | zhēng qǔ | zheng1 qu3 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | | |
| 5 | 阶级斗争 | 階級鬥爭 | jiē jí dòu zhēng | jie1 ji2 dou4 zheng1 | class struggle | | |
| 6 | 争 | 爭 | zhēng | zheng1 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | | |
| 7 | 争论 | 爭論 | zhēng lùn | zheng1 lun4 | to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 8 | 争夺 | 爭奪 | zhēng duó | zheng1 duo2 | to fight over; to contest; to vie over | | |
| 9 | 抗日战争 | 抗日戰爭 | kàng rì zhàn zhēng | Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1 | (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) | | |
| 10 | 争吵 | 爭吵 | zhēng chǎo | zheng1 chao3 | to quarrel; dispute | | |
| 11 | 力争 | 力爭 | lì zhēng | li4 zheng1 | to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly | | |
| 12 | 争议 | 爭議 | zhēng yì | zheng1 yi4 | controversy; dispute; to dispute | | |
| 13 | 争执 | 爭執 | zhēng zhí | zheng1 zhi2 | to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle | | |
| 14 | 解放战争 | 解放戰爭 | jiě fàng zhàn zhēng | Jie3 fang4 Zhan4 zheng1 | War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石 | | |
| 15 | 争得 | 爭得 | zhēng dé | zheng1 de2 | to obtain by an effort; to strive to get sth | | |
| 16 | 鸦片战争 | 鴉片戰爭 | yā piàn zhàn zhēng | Ya1 pian4 Zhan4 zheng1 | the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 | | |
| 17 | 争辩 | 爭辯 | zhēng biàn | zheng1 bian4 | a dispute; to wrangle | | |
| 18 | 争气 | 爭氣 | zhēng qì | zheng1 qi4 | to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short | | |
| 19 | 争先恐后 | 爭先恐後 | zhēng xiān kǒng hòu | zheng1 xian1 kong3 hou4 | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another | | |
| 20 | 朝鲜战争 | 朝鮮戰爭 | cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng | Chao2 xian3 Zhan4 zheng1 | Korean War (1950-1953) | | |
| 21 | 不正当竞争 | 不正當競爭 | bù zhèng dàng jìng zhēng | bu4 zheng4 dang4 jing4 zheng1 | unfair competition; illicit competition | | |
| 22 | 不争气 | 不爭氣 | bù zhēng qì | bu4 zheng1 qi4 | to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations | | |
| 23 | 兵家必争之地 | 兵家必爭之地 | bīng jiā bì zhēng zhī de | bing1 jia1 bi4 zheng1 zhi1 de5 | A strategic location that every strategist must contest | | |
| 24 | 濒于战争 | 瀕於戰爭 | bīn yú zhàn zhēng | bin1 yu2 zhan4 zheng1 | on the brink of war (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 反右派斗争 | 反右派鬥爭 | fǎn yòu pài dòu zhēng | Fan3 you4 pai4 Dou4 zheng1 | Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957 | | |