争 名 夺 利

zhēng míng duó lìdictionary entry

to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom) / scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain

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Original source entry:

爭名奪利 争名夺利 [zheng1 ming2 duo2 li4] /to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth/only interested in personal gain/

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Other forms in these source records: 爭名奪利

争
zhēng
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
名
míng
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
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
利
lì
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
Lì
surname Li

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