勾心斗角
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

勾心斗角
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gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
  1. to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
  2. (in palace construction) elaborate and refined

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中心
zhōng xīn
  1. 1 center
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 core
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
主角
zhǔ jué
  1. 1 leading role
  2. 2 lead
伤心
shāng xīn
  1. 1 to grieve
  2. 2 to be broken-hearted
  3. 3 to feel deeply hurt
内心
nèi xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 innermost being
  3. 3 (math.) incenter
小心
xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 to be careful
  2. 2 to take care
心
xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 intention
  4. 4 center
  5. 5 core
  6. 6 CL:顆|颗[kē],個|个[gè]
心动
xīn dòng
  1. 1 heartbeat
  2. 2 heart rate
  3. 3 (fig.) emotionally affected
  4. 4 aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)
心得
xīn dé
  1. 1 what one has learned (through experience, reading etc)
  2. 2 knowledge
  3. 3 insight
  4. 4 understanding
  5. 5 tips
  6. 6 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
心理
xīn lǐ
  1. 1 psychology
  2. 2 mentality
心愿
xīn yuàn
  1. 1 cherished desire
  2. 2 dream
  3. 3 craving
  4. 4 wish
  5. 5 aspiration
担心
dān xīn
  1. 1 anxious
  2. 2 worried
  3. 3 uneasy
  4. 4 to worry
  5. 5 to be anxious
真心
zhēn xīn
  1. 1 sincere
  2. 2 heartfelt
  3. 3 CL:片[piàn]
开心
kāi xīn
  1. 1 to feel happy
  2. 2 to rejoice
  3. 3 to have a great time
  4. 4 to make fun of sb
关心
guān xīn
  1. 1 to be concerned about
  2. 2 to care about
一心
yī xīn
  1. 1 wholeheartedly
  2. 2 heart and soul
一心一意
yī xīn yī yì
  1. 1 concentrating one's thoughts and efforts
  2. 2 single-minded
  3. 3 bent on
  4. 4 intently
三角
sān jiǎo
  1. 1 triangle
上心
shàng xīn
  1. 1 carefully
  2. 2 meticulously
  3. 3 to set one's heart on sth
人心
rén xīn
  1. 1 popular feeling
  2. 2 the will of the people

Idioms (20)

一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
  1. 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
  1. 1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
仁心仁术
rén xīn rén shù
  1. 1 benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
  1. 1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
信心百倍
xìn xīn bǎi bèi
  1. 1 brimming with confidence (idiom)
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
做贼心虚
zuò zéi xīn xū
  1. 1 to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
伤心惨目
shāng xīn cǎn mù
  1. 1 (idiom) too appalling to look at

Sample Sentences

奥巴马坚定地指出，不能因政治上的勾心斗角而牺牲美国百姓的民生。同时他也澄清，不会增加纳税人已经难以承受的经济重负，而是会通过减少现有医保体系中的资金浪费和滥用来筹集资金。
Àobāmǎ jiāndìng de zhǐchū ，bùnéng yīn zhèngzhì shàng de gōuxīndòujiǎo ér xīshēng Měiguó bǎixìng de mínshēng 。tóngshí tā yě chéngqīng ，bùhuì zēngjiā nàshuì rén yǐjīng nányǐ chéngshòu de jīngjì zhòngfù ，érshì huì tōngguò jiǎnshǎo xiànyǒu yībǎo tǐxì zhōng de zījīn làngfèi hé lànyòng lái chóují zījīn 。
Obama firmly pointed out that the American people's welfare cannot be sacrificed for political rivalry. At the same time, he also clarified that he wouldn't increase the taxpayers' already hard-to-bear economic burdens, but would raise funds through decreasing the present waste and misuse of funds in the health insurance system.
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是一个合资企业，做零售的。其他都挺好，就是人际关系特别复杂，大家都勾心斗角，老板么也睁一只眼闭一只眼。
shì yī ge hézī qǐyè ，zuò língshòu de 。qítā dōu tǐng hǎo ，jiùshì rénjì guānxì tèbié fùzá ，dàjiā dōu gōuxīndòujiǎo ，lǎobǎn me yě zhēngyīzhīyǎn bìyīzhīyǎn 。
I worked in a joint enterprise that did retail. Things were alright; it was just that the relations between employees were a bit complicated. Everyone was always trying to get ahead of one another and make one another look bad. The boss just turned a blind eye to it.
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一天到晚看这些女人在后宫勾心斗角，累不累啊？我要换台看别的了。
yītiāndàowǎn kàn zhèxiē nǚrén zài hòugōng gōuxīndòujiǎo ，lèibulèi ā ？wǒ yào huàn tái kàn biéde le 。
Don't you get tired of seeing these women fighting and scheming behind each others' back in the concubine quarters of the imperial palace from morning to night? I want to change the channel.
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喳。奴才认为，娘娘应该帮皇上参谋。宫里的人个个勾心斗角，明争暗斗，皇上身边需要有个最亲的人来帮助他。
zhā 。núcai rènwéi ，niángniang yīnggāi bāng huángshang cānmóu 。gōng lǐ de rén gègè gōuxīndòujiǎo ，míngzhēng àndòu ，huángshàng shēnbiān xūyào yǒu ge zuì qīn de rén lái bāngzhù tā 。
Oh. Your slave thinks that your ladyship should give the Emperor some counsel. Everyone in the palace is jockeying for position, in public and in private. The Emperor needs someone very close by his side who can help him out.
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