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两虎相争

liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(lit.) two tigers fighting (idiom) / (fig.) fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
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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.

Source record: cd-9966dbdb8e43803a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

兩虎相爭 两虎相争 [liang3 hu3 xiang1 zheng1] /(lit.) two tigers fighting (idiom)/(fig.) fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries/

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Other forms in these source records: 兩虎相爭

  • 两
    liǎng

    two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)

  • 虎
    hǔ

    tiger / CL:隻|只[zhī]

  • 相
    xiāng

    each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pí pa] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pǐn])

    xiàng

    appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

    Xiāng

    surname Xiang

  • 争
    zhēng

    to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.