战 斗 zhàn dòu to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] 斗 争 dòu zhēng a struggle / fight / battle 打 架 dǎ jià to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows / CL:場|场[chang2] 搏 斗 bó dòu to wrestle / to fight / to struggle 掐 to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight 作 战 zuò zhàn combat / to fight 争 斗 zhēng dòu to struggle / to fight / struggle 打 斗 dǎ dòu to fight 交 战 jiāo zhàn to fight / to wage war 比 划 bǐ hua to gesture / to gesticulate / to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher / to fight / to come to blows 过 招 guò zhāo to fight / to exchange blows 斗 殴 dòu ōu to fight / to brawl / a scuffle / a punch-up 对 打 duì dǎ to spar / to fight / to duke it out 争 战 zhēng zhàn fight 战 to fight / fight / war / battle 对 仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war 打 to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from 抗 to resist / to fight / to defy / anti- 搏 to fight / to combat / to seize / (of heart) to beat 挌 fight 豦 a wild boar / to fight 反 对 fǎn duì to fight against / to oppose / to be opposed to / opposition 争 取 zhēng qǔ to fight for / to strive for / to win over 争 夺 zhēng duó to fight over / to contest / to vie over 决 战 jué zhàn decisive battle / to fight a decisive battle / to fight for supremacy in ... 反 恐 fǎn kǒng anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism 对 阵 duì zhèn poised for battle / to square up for a fight 激 战 jī zhàn to fight fiercely / fierce battle 打 仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle / to go to war 交 手 jiāo shǒu to fight hand to hand 斗 志 dòu zhì will to fight / fighting spirit 刺 杀 cì shā to assassinate / (military) to fight with a bayonet / (baseball) to put out (a baserunner) 打 假 dǎ jiǎ to fight counterfeiting / to expose as false / to denounce sb's lies 抗 争 kàng zhēng to resist / to make a stand and fight (against) 单 挑 dān tiāo to pick / to choose / to fight a duel 厮 杀 sī shā to fight at close quarters / hand-to-hand 奋 战 fèn zhàn to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard 反 腐 倡 廉 fǎn fǔ chàng lián to fight corruption and advocate probity 搏 击 bó jī to fight, esp. with hands / wrestling (as a sport) / to wrestle / to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc) / to capture prey 示 弱 shì ruò not to fight back / to take it lying down / to show weakness / to show one's softer side 争 抢 zhēng qiǎng to fight over / to scramble for 转 战 zhuǎn zhàn to fight in one place after another 抗 洪 kàng hóng to fight a flood 回 击 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack 拼 杀 pīn shā to grapple (with the enemy) / to fight at the risk of one's life 相 争 xiāng zhēng to vie against one another / to fight each other / mutual aggression 湘 军 Xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 拼 抢 pīn qiǎng to fight desperately (at the risk of one's life) 明 争 暗 斗 míng zhēng àn dòu to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom) 打 抱 不 平 dǎ bào bù píng to come to the aid of sb suffering an injustice / to fight for justice / also written 抱打不平[bao4 da3 bu4 ping2] 力 战 lì zhàn to fight with all one's might 战 团 zhàn tuán fighting group / by extension, a fight / a fray 打 黑 dǎ hēi to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime 短 兵 相 接 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) / fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters 死 战 sǐ zhàn fight to the death / desperate struggle 身 先 士 卒 shēn xiān shì zú to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead 打 跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off 背 水 一 战 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom) / fig. to fight to win or die 争 分 夺 秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count 寻 衅 xún xìn to pick a quarrel / to start a fight 钟 馗 Zhōng Kuí Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) / (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil 唇 枪 舌 剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn fight a battle of words / cross verbal swords 不 打 不 相 识 bù dǎ bù xiāng shí lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord 死 磕 sǐ kē (coll.) to fight to the death 叫 阵 jiào zhèn to challenge an opponent to a fight 厮 打 sī dǎ to fight together / to come to blows 打 游 击 dǎ yóu jī to fight as a guerilla / (fig.) to live or eat at no fixed place 龙 虎 斗 lóng hǔ dòu fight between powerful contenders 打 雪 仗 dǎ xuě zhàng to have a snowball fight 力 挫 lì cuò to win as a result of tenacious effort / to fight off tough competition 你 争 我 夺 nǐ zhēng wǒ duó lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war 拼 死 拼 活 pīn sǐ pīn huó one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs 酣 战 hān zhàn to fight lustily 争 购 zhēng gòu to compete / to fight for / to rush to purchase 坐 山 观 虎 斗 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight / watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom) 一 决 雌 雄 yī jué cí xióng to have a show-down / to fight for mastery / to compete for a championship 互 殴 hù ōu to fight each other / to come to blows 打 擂 台 dǎ lèi tái (old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest 倾 巢 qīng cháo lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us) / a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains) 群 架 qún jià group scuffle / gang fight 困 兽 犹 斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay 以 夷 制 夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) 抢 to fight over / to rush / to scramble / to grab / to rob / to snatch 孤 军 奋 战 gū jūn fèn zhàn lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support 勾 心 斗 角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined 以 毒 攻 毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 百 战 不 殆 bǎi zhàn bù dài to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) / to win every fight 置 之 死 地 而 后 生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) / to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger / fig. to find a way out of an impasse 不 打 不 成 相 识 bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship 两 虎 相 斗 liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants 坐 观 成 败 zuò guān chéng bài to sit and await success or failure (idiom) / to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence 暴 虎 冯 河 bào hǔ píng hé lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) / fig. to display foolhardy courage 有 征 无 战 yǒu zhēng wú zhàn to win without a fight (idiom) 死 中 求 生 sǐ zhōng qiú shēng to seek life in death (idiom) / to fight for one's life 穷 当 益 坚 qióng dāng yì jiān poor but ambitious (idiom) / hard-pressed but determined / the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back 好 汉 不 吃 眼 前 亏 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom) 殴 斗 ōu dòu to have a fist fight / fist fight / brawl 争 名 夺 利 zhēng míng duó lì to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom) / scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain 背 城 借 一 bèi chéng jiè yī to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom) / to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle 誓 死 不 降 shì sǐ bù xiáng to vow to fight to the death
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