不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
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1 not to be crushed (idiom)
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2 to be determined to have one's revenge
你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
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1 lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
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2 fierce rivalry
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3 tug-of-war
两国相争,不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
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1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
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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
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1 if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
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2 if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
分秒必争
fēn miǎo bì zhēng
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1 seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
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2 every moment counts
力争上游
lì zhēng shàng yóu
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1 to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
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2 to have high ambitions
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
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1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
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1 to seize every minute (idiom)
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2 to make the best use of one's time
喧宾夺主
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
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1 lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)
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2 fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction
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3 minor details obscure the main point
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4 the sauce is better than the fish
夺门而出
duó mén ér chū
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1 to rush out through a door (idiom)
孤军奋战
gū jūn fèn zhàn
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1 lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)
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2 fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
屡战屡败
lu:3 zhàn lu:3 bài
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1 to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
屡败屡战
lu:3 bài lu:3 zhàn
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1 to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
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1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
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2 sophistry
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3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
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4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
心惊胆战
xīn jīng dǎn zhàn
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1 lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear
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2 scared witless
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
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1 to die in battle (idiom)
战火纷飞
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
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1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
战无不胜
zhàn wú bù shèng
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1 to triumph in every battle (idiom); invincible
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2 to succeed in every undertaking
战无不胜,攻无不克
zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù kè
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1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
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2 ever victorious
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3 nothing they can't do