两虎相争 — Chinese idiom
两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
Traditional: 兩虎相爭
Meaning
- (lit.) two tigers fighting
- (fig.) fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
Character by character
- 两liǎngtwo, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 争zhēngto dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé
- 三下两下 sān xià liǎng xià
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 三番两次 sān fān liǎng cì
- 三言两句 sān yán liǎng jù
- 三言两语 sān yán liǎng yǔ
- 人财两空 rén cái liǎng kōng
- 两全其美 liǎng quán qí měi
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
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