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你争我夺

nǐ zhēng wǒ duódictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war
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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:

你爭我奪 你争我夺 [ni3 zheng1 wo3 duo2] /lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter/fierce rivalry/tug-of-war/

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Other forms in these source records: 你爭我奪

  • 你
    nǐ

    you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín]) / you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

  • 争
    zhēng

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

  • 我
    wǒ

    I / me / my

  • 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

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.