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爭

zhēng

to dispute, fight, contend, strive

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Simplified form: 争

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 争, the simplified form of 爭. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我们反对战争。

    Wǒ men fǎn duì zhàn zhēng

    We are against war.

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  • 要做爱不要战争。

    Yào zuò ài bù yào zhàn zhēng

    Make love, not war.

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  • 我们战争胜利了。

    Wǒ men zhàn zhēng shèng lì le

    We won the battle.

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  • 自由是我们所力争的。

    Zì yóu shì wǒ men suǒ lì zhēng de

    Freedom is what we're fighting for.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 争

  • 争取zhēng qǔ 1–3 to fight for; to strive for; to win over
  • 争zhēng 1to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
  • 战争zhàn zhēng 4–1 war; conflict
  • 竞争jìng zhēng 4–1 to compete; competition
  • 争论zhēng lùn 1–4 to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate
  • 争议zhēng yì 1–4 controversy; dispute; to dispute
  • 斗争dòu zhēng 4–1 a struggle; fight; battle
  • 争夺zhēng duó 1–2 to fight over; to contest; to vie over
  • 争端zhēng duān 1–1 dispute; controversy; conflict
  • 力争lì zhēng 4–1 to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
  • 争气zhēng qì 1–4 to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
  • 争先恐后zhēng xiān kǒng hòu 1–1–3–4striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another