Memory phrase for the Kanji: 争
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争 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning
| dispute, to strive for, to argue or debate
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Pronunciation |
zhēng |
Explanation |
Top: bent person ⺈, below: hand  /彐, stick 亅 |
Mnemonic |
The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute.
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Radicals
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Vocabulary
| 战争 |
zhàn zhēng |
war; conflict |
| 鹬蚌相争 |
yù bàng xiāng zhēng |
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
| 鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 |
yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì |
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
| 蚁斗蜗争 |
yǐ dòu wō zhēng |
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling |
| 直皖战争 |
Zhí Wǎn zhàn zhēng |
war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government |
| 赎罪日战争 |
Shú zuì rì zhàn zhēng |
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors |
| 争宠 |
zhēng chǒng |
to strive for favor |
| 争吵 |
zhēng chǎo |
dispute; strife |
| 争分夺秒 |
zhēng fēn duó miǎo |
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count |
| 百家争鸣 |
bǎi jiā zhēng míng |
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC |
| 争端 |
zhēng duān |
dispute; controversy; conflict |
| 争端 |
zhēng duān |
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