Dictionary/争

争 爭

争 zhēng

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1to strive for
2to vie for
3to argue or debate
4deficient or lacking (dialect)
5how or what (literary)

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Examples

bú bì不必zhēng争,méi yǒu没有shì qing事情shì是zhǐ yǒu只有huài chu坏处ér而méi yǒu没有hǎo chu好处de的.
不必争,没有事情是只有坏处而没有好处的.
No need to argue, there is nothing that only has bad effects and no benefits.
权力之争,非我即敌。
Everyone who isn't us is an enemy.
狮子为了得到食物相互争斗。
The lions fought with each other to get food.

See also: words & characters pronounced zhēng