触斗蛮争 — Chinese idiom
触斗蛮争
chù dòu mán zhēng
Traditional: 觸鬥蠻爭
Meaning
- constant bickering and fighting ; constantly at each other's throats
- struggle for personal gain
Character by character
- 触chùto butt, to gore, to ram; to touch
- 斗dòuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
- 蛮mánbarbarians; barbarous, rude, savage
- 争zhēngto dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
Idioms sharing a character
- 触景伤情 chù jǐng shāng qíng
- 触景生情 chù jǐng shēng qíng
- 触目伤心 chù mù shāng xīn
- 触目惊心 chù mù jīng xīn
- 勾心斗角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
- 升斗小民 shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
- 南箕北斗 Nán jī Běi dǒu
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 困兽犹斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu
- 才高八斗 cái gāo bā dǒu
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