争 夺

zhēng duódictionary entry

to fight over / to contest / to vie over

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

爭奪争夺 [zheng1 duo2] /to fight over/to contest/to vie over/

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Other forms in these source records: 爭奪

争
zhēng
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
夺
duó
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose

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