Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
1 | 争取 | 爭取 | zhēng qǔ | zheng1 qu3 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | ||
2 | 争 | 爭 | zhēng | zheng1 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | ||
3 | 争论 | 爭論 | zhēng lùn | zheng1 lun4 | to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; Classifiers: 次 | ||
4 | 争夺 | 爭奪 | zhēng duó | zheng1 duo2 | to fight over; to contest; to vie over | ||
5 | 争吵 | 爭吵 | zhēng chǎo | zheng1 chao3 | to quarrel; dispute | ||
6 | 争议 | 爭議 | zhēng yì | zheng1 yi4 | controversy; dispute; to dispute | ||
7 | 争执 | 爭執 | zhēng zhí | zheng1 zhi2 | to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle | ||
8 | 争得 | 爭得 | zhēng dé | zheng1 de2 | to obtain by an effort; to strive to get sth | ||
9 | 争辩 | 爭辯 | zhēng biàn | zheng1 bian4 | a dispute; to wrangle | ||
10 | 争气 | 爭氣 | zhēng qì | zheng1 qi4 | to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short | ||
11 | 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 | ||
12 | 争霸 | 爭霸 | zhēng bà | zheng1 ba4 | to contend for hegemony; a power struggle | ||
13 | 争长论短 | 爭長論短 | zhēng cháng lùn duǎn | zheng1 chang2 lun4 duan3 | lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble; a storm in a teacup | ||
14 | 争吵不休 | 爭吵不休 | zhēng chǎo bù xiū | zheng1 chao3 bu4 xiu1 | to bicker endlessly (idiom) | ||
15 | 争臣 | 爭臣 | zhēng chén | zheng1 chen2 | minister not afraid to give forthright criticism | ||
16 | 争城夺池 | 爭城奪池 | zhēng chéng duó chí | zheng1 cheng2 duo2 chi2 | to conquer cities and capture territories by force of arms (idiom) | ||
17 | 争城略地 | 爭城略地 | zhēng chéng lüè dì | zheng1 cheng2 lu:e4 di4 | to conquer cities and capture territories (idiom) | ||
18 | 争持 | 爭持 | zhēng chí | zheng1 chi2 | to refuse to concede; not to give in | ||
19 | 争宠 | 爭寵 | zhēng chǒng | zheng1 chong3 | to strive for favor | ||
20 | 争宠卖俏 | 爭寵賣俏 | zhēng chǒng mài qiào | zheng1 chong3 mai4 qiao4 | to make the most of one's charms to compete for one's master's favor (idiom) | ||
21 | 争宠求荣 | 爭寵求榮 | zhēng chǒng qiú róng | zheng1 chong3 qiu2 rong2 | to strive for a superior's favor and for high honors (idiom) | ||
22 | 争斗 | 爭鬥 | zhēng dòu | zheng1 dou4 | struggle; war | ||
23 | 争端 | 爭端 | zhēng duān | zheng1 duan1 | dispute; controversy; conflict | ||
24 | 争夺战 | 爭奪戰 | zhēng duó zhàn | zheng1 duo2 zhan4 | struggle | ||
25 | 争分夺秒 | 爭分奪秒 | zhēng fēn duó miǎo | zheng1 fen1 duo2 miao3 | lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count | ||
26 | 争锋 | 爭鋒 | zhēng fēng | zheng1 feng1 | to strive | ||
27 | 争风吃醋 | 爭風吃醋 | zhēng fēng chī cù | zheng1 feng1 chi1 cu4 | to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair | ||
28 | 争锋对垒 | 爭鋒對壘 | zhēng fēng duì lěi | zheng1 feng1 dui4 lei3 | match on the battlefield (idiom) | ||
29 | 争功诿过 | 爭功諉過 | zhēng gōng wěi guò | zheng1 gong1 wei3 guo4 | to attribute merit to oneself but shift blame to others (idiom) | ||
30 | 争购 | 爭購 | zhēng gòu | zheng1 gou4 | to compete; to fight for; to rush to purchase | ||
31 | 争光 | 爭光 | zhēng guāng | zheng1 guang1 | to win an honor; to strive to win a prize | ||
32 | 争衡 | 爭衡 | zhēng héng | zheng1 heng2 | to struggle for mastery; to strive for supremacy | ||
33 | 争论点 | 爭論點 | zhēng lùn diǎn | zheng1 lun4 dian3 | contention | ||
34 | 争面子 | 爭面子 | zhēng miàn zi | zheng1 mian4 zi5 | to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc); to make oneself look good; to build up one's image | ||
35 | 争鸣 | 爭鳴 | zhēng míng | zheng1 ming2 | to contend | ||
36 | 争名夺利 | 爭名奪利 | zhēng míng duó lì | zheng1 ming2 duo2 li4 | to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain | ||
37 | 争强好胜 | 爭強好勝 | zhēng qiáng hào shèng | zheng1 qiang2 hao4 sheng4 | competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others | ||
38 | 争抢 | 爭搶 | zhēng qiǎng | zheng1 qiang3 | to fight over; to scramble for | ||
39 | 争球线 | 爭球線 | zhēng qiú xiàn | zheng1 qiu2 xian4 | scrimmage line (American football) | ||
40 | 争取时间 | 爭取時間 | zhēng qǔ shí jiān | zheng1 qu3 shi2 jian1 | to act with urgency; to buy time | ||
41 | 争权夺利 | 爭權奪利 | zhēng quán duó lì | zheng1 quan2 duo2 li4 | scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle | ||
42 | 争权夺位 | 爭權奪位 | zhēng quán duó wèi | zheng1 quan2 duo2 wei4 | to strive for power and position (idiom) | ||
43 | 争权倾轧 | 爭權傾軋 | zhēng quán qīng yà | zheng1 quan2 qing1 ya4 | to struggle for power among themselves (idiom) | ||
44 | 争讼 | 爭訟 | zhēng sòng | zheng1 song4 | dispute involving litigation; legal dispute | ||
45 | 争先 | 爭先 | zhēng xiān | zheng1 xian1 | to compete to be first; to contest first place | ||
46 | 争相 | 爭相 | zhēng xiāng | zheng1 xiang1 | to fall over each other in their eagerness to... | ||
47 | 争相罗致 | 爭相羅致 | zhēng xiāng luó zhì | zheng1 xiang1 luo2 zhi4 | to compete for the service of (a capable person) (idiom) | ||
48 | 争雄 | 爭雄 | zhēng xióng | zheng1 xiong2 | to contend for supremacy | ||
49 | 争妍斗艳 | 爭妍鬥艷 | zhēng yán dòu yàn | zheng1 yan2 dou4 yan4 | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc); vying in beauty and glamor | ||
50 | 争议性 | 爭議性 | zhēng yì xìng | zheng1 yi4 xing4 | controversial | ||
51 | 争战 | 爭戰 | zhēng zhàn | zheng1 zhan4 | fight | ||
52 | 争执不下 | 爭執不下 | zhēng zhí bù xià | zheng1 zhi2 bu4 xia4 | to quarrel endlessly |
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