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争夺 zhēngduó

争夺 zhēngduó Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 争夺 zhēngduó .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhēngduó | zheng1 duo2
English translation
to fight over
to contest
to vie over

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Traditional form

爭奪

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 争夺 zhēngduó

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zhēng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of zhēng . Pictograph of multiple hands grabbing at the same object.

Positional decomposition

彐亅

Number of Strokes

6
duó

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

大寸

Number of Strokes

6

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布里斯托尔 Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr de 渔民 yúmín 丹麦 Dān mài rén 争夺 zhēngduó 捕鱼 bǔ yú quán

Fishermen from Bristol disputed fishing rights with the Danes.

他们 tā men 明白 míngbai 他们 tā men zhēng 处于 chǔ yú 一场 líng 博弈 bó yì Zhōng 双方 shuāngfāng 必须 bìxū 针锋相对 zhēn fēng xiāng duì 争夺 zhēngduó 那少可怜 kělián de 资源 Zīyuán

They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.

第三名 de 争夺 zhēngduó 紧张 jǐnzhāng 激烈 jīliè

The battle for third place was intense.

双方 shuāngfāng jiāng zài 12 yuè 16再次 zài cì 交锋 jiāo fēng 争夺 zhēngduó 进入 jìn rù 四分之一 sì fēn zhī yī 决赛 juésài de 席位 xí wèi

The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December

一家 yī jiā 若有两只 huò gēng duō de māo huì 表现 biǎoxiàn chū 争夺 zhēngduó 地盘 dì pán de 行为 xíngwéi

Two cats or more in one house will also exhibit territorial behaviour.

争夺 zhēngduó Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 争夺 zhēngduó and their own compounds.

争夺 zhēngduó Compounds

See all 13 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 争夺 zhēngduó in their composition.

  • zhēng
    • jìng
    • jìng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , zhēng , jìng , jìng , ,
  • duó
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