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争执

zhēng zhí · zheng zhi

Traditional 爭執

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to dispute
  2. to disagree
  3. to argue opinionatedly
  4. to wrangle
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Whose car is it?

  1. Dengdeng

    楼下(lóuxià)有(yǒu)人(rén)在(zài)争执(zhēngzhí)，你(nǐ)听到(tīngdào)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Two people are arguing downstairs. Did you hear?

  2. Liangliang

    听到(tīngdào)了(le)，好像(hǎoxiàng)是(shì)为了(wèile)一个(yīgè)停车位(tíngchēwèi)。

    I did. It seems to be over a parking space.

  3. Dengdeng

    他们(tāmen)争执(zhēngzhí)了(le)十(shí)分钟(fēnzhōng)了(le)。

    They have been arguing for ten minutes.

  4. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)下去(xiàqù)看看(kànkan)吧(ba)。

    Let us go down and look.

  5. Dengdeng

    他们(tāmen)争执(zhēngzhí)了(le)半天(bàntiān)，那辆(nàliàng)车(chē)根本(gēnběn)不是(bùshì)他们(tāmen)的(de)。

    They argued all that time, and the car is not even theirs.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)和(hé)洋(yáng)子(zǐ)有(yǒu)了(le)一(yì)点(diǎn)争(zhēng)执(zhí)。

I argued with Yoko a little bit.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)努(nǔ)力(lì)地(de)平(píng)息(xī)他(tā)们(men)不(bú)断(duàn)加(jiā)温(wēn)的(de)争(zhēng)执(zhí)。

I tried very hard to put an end to their heated argument.

Tatoeba: Chinese by tsayng · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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