Memory phrase for the character: 争


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Meaning dispute, to strive for, to argue or debate

Pronunciation

zhēng

Explanation

Top: bent person , below: hand /, stick

Mnemonic


 
The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute.

Radicals

dispute, fight
Hand with stickHand with stick
hook
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
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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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