The lions fought with each other to get food.
争斗
to struggle
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Meaning and common use
to struggle
to fight
struggle
How 争斗 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 争斗 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 争斗.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 争斗.
Directly before
- 相互争斗1
- 而争斗1
- 凡是争斗1
- 互相争斗1
- 有人争斗1
Directly after
- 争斗的1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 争斗
What does 争斗 mean in Chinese?
争斗 (zhēngdòu) means to struggle.
How do you pronounce 争斗?
争斗 is pronounced zhēngdòu.
Is 争斗 an HSK word?
争斗 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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