蚁斗蜗争 — Chinese idiom
蚁斗蜗争
yǐ dòu wō zhēng
Traditional: 蟻鬥蝸爭
Meaning
- lit. the ant fights, the snail contends ; fig. petty squabbling
Character by character
- 蚁yǐant
- 斗dòuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
- 蜗wōsnail; Eulota callizoma
- 争zhēngto dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
Idioms sharing a character
- 如蚁附膻 rú yǐ fù shān
- 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
- 斗酒只鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
- 日进斗金 rì jìn dǒu jīn
- 明争暗斗 míng zhēng àn dòu
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