争夺
zhēng duó
Pinyin

Definition

争夺
 - 
zhēng duó
  1. to fight over
  2. to contest
  3. to vie over

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

战争
zhàn zhēng
  1. 1 war
  2. 2 conflict
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
争
zhēng
  1. 1 to strive for
  2. 2 to vie for
  3. 3 to argue or debate
  4. 4 deficient or lacking (dialect)
  5. 5 how or what (literary)
争取
zhēng qǔ
  1. 1 to fight for
  2. 2 to strive for
  3. 3 to win over
争吵
zhēng chǎo
  1. 1 to quarrel
  2. 2 dispute
争夺
zhēng duó
  1. 1 to fight over
  2. 2 to contest
  3. 3 to vie over
争气
zhēng qì
  1. 1 to work hard for sth
  2. 2 to resolve on improvement
  3. 3 determined not to fall short
竞争
jìng zhēng
  1. 1 to compete
  2. 2 competition
不争
bù zhēng
  1. 1 widely known
  2. 2 incontestable
  3. 3 undeniable
  4. 4 to not strive for
  5. 5 to not contend for
不争气
bù zhēng qì
  1. 1 to be disappointing
  2. 2 to fail to live up to expectations
剥夺
bō duó
  1. 1 to deprive
  2. 2 to expropriate
  3. 3 to strip (sb of his property)
力争
lì zhēng
  1. 1 to work hard for
  2. 2 to do all one can
  3. 3 to contend strongly
夺
duó
  1. 1 to seize
  2. 2 to take away forcibly
  3. 3 to wrest control of
  4. 4 to compete or strive for
  5. 5 to force one's way through
  6. 6 to leave out
  7. 7 to lose
夺冠
duó guàn
  1. 1 to seize the crown
  2. 2 fig. to win a championship
  3. 3 to win gold medal
夺取
duó qǔ
  1. 1 to seize
  2. 2 to capture
  3. 3 to wrest control of
夺回
duó huí
  1. 1 to take back (forcibly)
  2. 2 to recapture
  3. 3 to win back
夺得
duó dé
  1. 1 to take (after a struggle)
  2. 2 to wrest
  3. 3 to seize
  4. 4 to capture
  5. 5 to win (a trophy)
夺目
duó mù
  1. 1 to dazzle the eyes
夺走
duó zǒu
  1. 1 to snatch away
抗争
kàng zhēng
  1. 1 to resist
  2. 2 to make a stand and fight (against)
掠夺
lu:è duó
  1. 1 to plunder
  2. 2 to rob

Idioms (20)

不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
  1. 1 lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
  2. 2 fierce rivalry
  3. 3 tug-of-war
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
  1. 1 two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
两虎相争，必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
分秒必争
fēn miǎo bì zhēng
  1. 1 seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
  2. 2 every moment counts
力争上游
lì zhēng shàng yóu
  1. 1 to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
  2. 2 to have high ambitions
只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
  1. 1 to seize every minute (idiom)
  2. 2 to make the best use of one's time
喧宾夺主
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
  1. 1 lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction
  3. 3 minor details obscure the main point
  4. 4 the sauce is better than the fish
夺门而出
duó mén ér chū
  1. 1 to rush out through a door (idiom)
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
  1. 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. 2 sophistry
  3. 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
明争暗斗
míng zhēng àn dòu
  1. 1 to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
横刀夺爱
héng dāo duó ài
  1. 1 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
争先恐后
zhēng xiān kǒng hòu
  1. 1 striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
争分夺秒
zhēng fēn duó miǎo
  1. 1 lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
  2. 2 making every second count
争名夺利
zhēng míng duó lì
  1. 1 to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth
  2. 2 only interested in personal gain
争权夺利
zhēng quán duó lì
  1. 1 scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
  2. 2 a storm in a teacup
璀璨夺目
cuǐ càn duó mù
  1. 1 dazzling (idiom)
百家争鸣
bǎi jiā zhēng míng
  1. 1 a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC

Sample Sentences

之前的三场是垫赛，这场是争夺拳王金腰带的重头戏。好，左勾拳，右摆拳……
zhīqián de sān chǎng shì diànsài ，zhè chǎng shì zhēngduó quánwáng jīnyāodài de zhòngtóuxì 。hǎo ，zuǒgōuquán ，yòubǎiquán ……
The three matches before were warm-up matches. This is a fight for the boxing champion's golden belt. It's going to be epic! Okay! Left uppercut! Right hook!
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