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争

zhēng · zheng

Traditional 爭

HSK 3

Meaning

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

  1. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)别(bié)争(zhēng)了(le)，最后(zuìhòu)一个(yīgè)饺子(jiǎozi)你(nǐ)吃(chī)。

    Let us not argue. You eat the last dumpling.

  2. Liangliang

    不行(bùxíng)，我(wǒ)不想(bùxiǎng)跟(gēn)你(nǐ)争(zhēng)，你(nǐ)吃(chī)。

    No. I do not want to fight you for it. You eat it.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)都(dōu)不争(bùzhēng)，让(ràng)它(tā)凉着(liángzhe)？

    Then neither of us takes it, and it just goes cold?

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，一人(yīrén)一半(yībàn)。

    OK, half each.

  5. Dengdeng

    早(zǎo)这样(zhèyàng)，我们(wǒmen)就(jiù)不用(bùyòng)争(zhēng)了(le)。

    If we had done this earlier, we would not have argued.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

不(bú)必(bì)争(zhēng),没(méi)有(yǒu)事(shì)情(qing)是(shì)只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)坏(huài)处(chu)而(ér)没(méi)有(yǒu)好(hǎo)处(chu)的(de).

No need to argue, there is nothing that only has bad effects and no benefits.

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

02

兄(xiōng)弟(dì)俩(liǎ)为(wèi)了(le)遗(yí)产(chǎn)争(zhēng)了(le)好(hǎo)几(jǐ)年(nián)。

The two brothers argued over the inheritance for years.

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