郑人争年 — Chinese idiom
郑人争年
Zhèng rén zhēng nián
Traditional: 鄭人爭年
Meaning
- Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages
- a futile quarrel
Character by character
- 郑Zhèngstate in today's Henan; surname
- 人rénman, person; people
- 争zhēngto dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
Idioms sharing a character
- 郑人买履 zhèng rén mǎi lǚ
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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