龙争虎斗 — Chinese idiom
龙争虎斗
lóng zhēng hǔ dòu
Traditional: 龍爭虎鬥
Meaning
- lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles ; fierce battle between giants
Character by character
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 争zhēngto dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 斗dòuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
Idioms sharing a character
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
- 伏龙凤雏 fú lóng fèng chú
- 来龙去脉 lái lóng qù mài
- 大排长龙 dà pái cháng lóng
- 扳龙附凤 bān lóng fù fèng
- 望子成龙 wàng zǐ chéng lóng
- 活龙活现 huó lóng huó xiàn
- 生龙活虎 shēng lóng huó hǔ
- 画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng
- 盘龙卧虎 pán lóng wò hǔ
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