Memory phrase for the character: 争
争
Hanzi-Trainer
Meaning
dispute, to strive for, to argue or debate
Pronunciation
zhēng
Explanation
Top: bent person ⺈ , below: hand /彐 , stick 亅
Mnemonic
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The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute.
Radicals
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Vocabulary
战争
zhàn zhēng
war; conflict
1334
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
9817
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
9816
蚁斗蜗争
yǐ dòu wō zhēng
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
9360
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
8239
赎罪日战争
Shú zuì rì zhàn zhēng
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
7316
争宠
zhēng chǒng
to strive for favor
6283
争吵
zhēng chǎo
dispute; strife
5415
争分夺秒
zhēng fēn duó miǎo
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
5397
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
4720
争端
zhēng duān
dispute; controversy; conflict
2532
争端
zhēng duān
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