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1 to be disappointing

2 to fail to live up to expectations

1 the Sino-Vietnamese War, fought between the PRC and Vietnam in 1979

2 also known as the Third Indochina War

1 the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage

1 to settle a dispute

1 succession struggle

2 dispute over inheritance

1 to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)

1 lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time

2 making every second count

1 striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

1 to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman

2 to be jealous of a rival in a love affair

1 second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)

1 war of aggression

1 (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)

1 StarCraft (video game series)

1 uncontroversial

2 accepted

1 contention

1 market competition

1 constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats

2 struggle for personal gain

1 the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861

1 Korean War (1950-1953)

1 war of independence