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to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
HSK 3
to fight for / to strive for / to win over
HSK 3
to argue / to debate / to contend / argument / contention / controversy / debate / CL: , 場|场
HSK 4
controversy / dispute / to dispute
HSK 5
to fight over / to contest / to vie over
HSK 6
to dispute / to disagree / to argue opinionatedly / to wrangle
HSK 7-9
to quarrel / dispute
HSK 7-9
to win an honor / to strive to win a prize
HSK 7-9
dispute / controversy / conflict
HSK 7-9
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
HSK 7-9
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time / making every second count
HSK 7-9
to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short
HSK 7-9
to contend for hegemony / a power struggle
to strive
to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
to strive for favor
a dispute / to wrangle
to obtain by an effort / to strive to get sth
to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
to contend for supremacy
to struggle / to fight / struggle
to contend
to compete to be first / to contest first place
to fight over / to scramble for
competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others
to struggle for mastery / to strive for supremacy
fight
scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain
to compete / to fight for / to rush to purchase
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / fig. to squabble; to argue over minor issues
to refuse to concede / not to give in
struggle
to quarrel endlessly
contention
minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
controversial
to strive to get sth done while the timing is right
to act with urgency / to buy time
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor
to haggle over every ounce (idiom) / to to fuss over minor points / to be particular about sth
scrimmage line (American football)
dispute involving litigation / legal dispute
to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc) / to make oneself look good; to build up one's image


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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